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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.3548,Lat: 36.8529
Elevation	45 meter above sea level
Local time	21:33:18pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Almería

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Vicente	1.5 km	NorthWest
2 Rambla Lechuga	1.8 km	West
3 Loma Cabrera	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Urbanización Bellavista	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Costacabana	2.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	280 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	413 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	639 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

El Alquián lies at the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake is Albufera Nueva (0.6 km² at a height of around 164 meter above sea level) at a distance of 54 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 278.5 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 390 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 89%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 193 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 1.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

25.9 km2

44.8%

Agriculture

21.6 km2

37.3%

Urban area

2.9 km2

Infrastructure

2.7 km2

4.7%

Rock-Sand

2.1 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Alquián in country Spain

El Alquián at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	117 km	WestNorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	158 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	198 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ramblas de Gérgal, Tabernas y Sur de Sierra Alhamilla	ES	1.2 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at El Alquián

Type of weather in El Alquián	clear sky
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam