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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.5194,Lat: 38.2233
Elevation	100 meter above sea level
Local time	10:22:29am
Name province/region	Comunitat Valenciana
Name Subregion	Alicante
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Pola

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Los Arenales del Sol	3.1 km	North
2 Santa Pola	4.3 km	SouthWest
3 El Altet	5.7 km	North
4 Urbanova	6.5 km	North
5 Barrio Alto	8.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	369 km	NorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	485 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	503 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gran Alacant lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake is Laguna de Salinas (0.6 km² at a distance of 20.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 483.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 677 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 82%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 7.4 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

2.5%

Nature

20.1 km2

48.6%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

4.7%

Agriculture

8.4 km2

20.3%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.7%

Urban area

7.7 km2

18.5%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.2%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gran Alacant in country Spain

Gran Alacant at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	18 km	WestNorthWest
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	139 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	179 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Clot de Galvany	ES	0.6 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gran Alacant

Type of weather in Gran Alacant	few clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam