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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9325,Lat: 39.0274
Elevation	237 meter above sea level
Local time	18:45:46pm
Name province/region	Extremadura
Name Subregion	Badajoz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Don Benito

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ruecas	5.2 km	East
2 Valdehornillos	5.2 km	NorthWest
3 Santa Amalia	6.9 km	West
4 Vivares	7.3 km	NorthEast
5 Medellín	7.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	246 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	280 km	West
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	323 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 221 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadiana main - Medium - Zujar, part of the larger catchment area Guadiana. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Orellana (57.4 km² at a height of around 317 meter above sea level) at a distance of 34.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 88.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 257 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Badajoz Airport (at a distance of 78 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.6%

Nature

3.7 km2

4.7%

Agriculture

72.8 km2

92.7%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hernán Cortés in country Spain

Hernán Cortés at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	37 km	West
2 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	63 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Spain	70 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Guadiana Alto - Zujar	ES	1.1 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Extremadura

Type of weather in Extremadura	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	40 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam