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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3419,Lat: 40.6935
Elevation	729 meter above sea level
Local time	10:42:06am
Name province/region	Castilla-La Mancha
Name Subregion	Guadalajara
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Galápagos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Residencial Montelar	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Parque de las Castillas	3 km	West
3 Señorio de Muriel	4.5 km	South
4 Valdelosllanos	5.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Ribatejada	5.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	41 km	SouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	452 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	529 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 291 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Henares, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Pontón de la Oliva (1.2 km² at a distance of 22.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 260.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 364 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 68%, moderate high mountains: 32%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 31 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.1 km2

10.3%

Nature

6 km2

7.7%

Agriculture

59.5 km2

75.8%

Urban area

5 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Galápagos in country Spain

Galápagos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	24 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	42 km	SouthWest
3 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	67 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estepas cerealistas de los ríos Jarama y Henares	ES	3.1 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Galápagos
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Galápagos

Type of weather in Galápagos	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam