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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.0906,Lat: 41.065
Elevation	800 meter above sea level
Local time	1:40:28am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Avila
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horcajo de las Torres

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rasueros	4.9 km	South
2 Rágama	8 km	SouthWest
3 Madrigal de las Altas Torres	8.2 km	East
4 Mamblas	8.4 km	SouthEast
5 Palaciosrubios	8.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	140 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	429 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	543 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 261 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Medium - Tormes, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de San José (4.5 km² at a height of around 655 meter above sea level) at a distance of 39.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 108.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 152 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 81%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 146 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 37 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

78.1 km2

99.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horcajo de las Torres in country Spain

Horcajo de las Torres at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	49 km	West
2 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	56 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	83 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tierra de Campiñas	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Horcajo de las Torres

Type of weather in Horcajo de las Torres	few clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam