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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.5423,Lat: 37.8089
Elevation	951 meter above sea level
Local time	4:54:13am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Huéscar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cortijo de Santa Rita	1 km	North
2 Barrio Nuevo	1.3 km	SouthEast
3 Barrio Nuevo de San Clemente	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Galera	7.4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 La Alquería	10.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	307 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	308 km	WestSouthWest
3 Lisboa	Portugal	590 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 93 km (direction SouthEast).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 San Clemente (8.8 km² at a height of around 1063 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Tornajuelos with a height of 2133 meter (at a distance of 19 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 307.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 430 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 182 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 108 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.3 km2

10.5%

Nature

12.4 km2

15.8%

Agriculture

57 km2

72.5%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Huéscar in country Spain

Huéscar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	77 km	WestNorthWest
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	116 km	WestSouthWest
3 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	168 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de La Sagra	ES	1.7 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Huéscar
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Huéscar

Type of weather in Huéscar	clear sky
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam