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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.133,Lat: 37.178
Elevation	752 meter above sea level
Local time	20:09:01pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Loja

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Esperanza	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 El Bujeo	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Barrio San Antonio	1.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Loja	2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Casas de Santa Isabel	3.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	156 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	361 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	477 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 48 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Medium - Genil, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Iznájar (27.1 km² at a height of around 420 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 155 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 217 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 20%, low mountains: 66%, moderate high mountains: 14%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (at a distance of 32 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.2%

Nature

19.1 km2

24.3%

Agriculture

53.5 km2

68.1%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Frontil in country Spain

El Frontil at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	40 km	WestSouthWest
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	48 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Cordoba	Spain	97 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de Loja	ES	2.6 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Loja

Type of weather in Loja	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam