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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.316,Lat: 36.5177
Elevation	561 meter above sea level
Local time	2:32:00am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Málaga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gaucín

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Benarrabá	5.1 km	NorthEast
2 Majada de Madrid	6.2 km	SouthEast
3 El Colmenar	6.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Algatocín	7.1 km	NorthEast
5 Genalguacil	7.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	41 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lisboa	Portugal	422 km	NorthWest
3 Madrid	Spain	453 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 17 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Los Hurones (7.7 km² at a height of around 218 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 40.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 14%, hill: 47%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 75 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Gibraltar Airport (at a distance of 40 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.2 km2

49.9%

Nature

30.8 km2

39.2%

Agriculture

8.1 km2

10.3%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gaucín in country Spain

Gaucín at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gorham's Cave Complex	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	44 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	88 km	EastNorthEast
3 Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)	Morocco	104 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valle del Río del Genal	ES	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gaucín

Type of weather in Gaucín	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam