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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.6017,Lat: 36.8102
Elevation	102 meter above sea level
Local time	3:37:01am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vícar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Parador de las Hortichuelas	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Campillo del Moro	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Barrio de Archilla	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 La Gangosa	1.9 km	West
5 Cañada Sebastiana	2.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	257 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	412 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	620 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthEast).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 31.4 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 256 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 358 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 51%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 171 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 21 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

29.6 km2

46.4%

Agriculture

23.8 km2

37.2%

Urban area

9.2 km2

14.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Parador in country Spain

El Parador at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	98 km	NorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	150 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	176 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sur de Almería - Seco de los Olivos	ES	2.3 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Las Hortichuelas

Type of weather in Las Hortichuelas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam