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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.6661,Lat: 36.7751
Elevation	80 meter above sea level
Local time	1:11:47am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vícar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Lomilla	2 km	South
2 Cortijos de Marín	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 La Cimilla	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 La Mojonera	2.8 km	SouthWest
5 Llanos de Vícar	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	250 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	415 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	616 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 25.2 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 249.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 349 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 91%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 165 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 28 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

8.6 km2

10.9%

Agriculture

64.9 km2

82.7%

Urban area

5 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Congo in country Spain

El Congo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	95 km	NorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	151 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	171 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Punta Entinas-Sabinar	ES	5.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Roquetas de Mar

Type of weather in Roquetas de Mar	clear sky
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam