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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.1957,Lat: 36.8371
Elevation	64 meter above sea level
Local time	12:09:30pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Níjar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Los Nietos	3.4 km	East
2 Ruescas	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 El Nazareno	4.5 km	SouthEast
4 El Viso	4.9 km	North
5 Los Nietos	5.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	293 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	419 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	653 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Cuevas del Almanzora (7.6 km² at a height of around 190 meter above sea level) at a distance of 59.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 291.9 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 409 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 207 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 16 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

43.4 km2

55.2%

Agriculture

28.9 km2

36.8%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Rock-Sand

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Barranquete in country Spain

El Barranquete at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	131 km	WestNorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	168 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	204 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cabo de Gata-Níjar	ES	3.2 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at El Cabo de Gata

Type of weather in El Cabo de Gata	clear sky
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	35 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam