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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0419,Lat: 37.4791
Elevation	887 meter above sea level
Local time	8:49:55am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gorafe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bácor-Olivar	9.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Villanueva de las Torres	9.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Cortijo del Puntal	10.9 km	East
4 Baul	11.7 km	SouthEast
5 Hernan-Valle	11.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	251 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	331 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	557 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 80 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Upper - Guadiana menor, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Negratín (37.4 km² at a height of around 630 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 250.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 351 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 8%, moderate high mountains: 92%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 156 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.9 km2

7.5%

Nature

42.1 km2

53.6%

Agriculture

29.9 km2

38%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gorafe in country Spain

Gorafe at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	59 km	WestSouthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	66 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	142 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Guadiana Menor - Tramo Superior	ES	8.6 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villanueva de las Torres

Type of weather in Villanueva de las Torres	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam