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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.8664,Lat: 37.6469
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	13:30:24pm
Name province/region	Región de Murcia
Name Subregion	Murcia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cartagena

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beal	2.6 km	SouthEast
2 Las Oliveras	3 km	WestSouthWest
3 La Unión	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Llano del Beal	3.7 km	SouthEast
5 El Estrecho de San Ginés	3.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	396 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	432 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	573 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Segura. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Pedrera (11.3 km² at a height of around 104 meter above sea level) at a distance of 37.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 430.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 603 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 79%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

13.1 km2

16.7%

Agriculture

51.6 km2

65.7%

Urban area

6.1 km2

7.7%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Algar in country Spain

El Algar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	69 km	NorthNorthEast
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	206 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	226 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacios Abiertos e Islas del Mar Menor	ES	2.7 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Unión

Type of weather in La Unión	clear sky
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	07:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam