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Jijona/Xixona

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.5067,Lat: 38.5377
Elevation	530 meter above sea level
Local time	3:07:47am
Name province/region	Comunitat Valenciana
Name Subregion	Alicante
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Jijona/Xixona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Abió	4.7 km	East
2 Tibi	6 km	West
3 Pinares del Mecli	8.3 km	West
4 El Sabirar	8.5 km	SouthWest
5 Urbanización Pla Lloma	8.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	347 km	NorthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	470 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	501 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jucar coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Jucar. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Amadorio (1.1 km² at a height of around 129 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 460.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 644 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 40%, low mountains: 46%, moderate high mountains: 14%, 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 nature.

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 29 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

Nature

39.6 km2

50.4%

Agriculture

36.4 km2

46.3%

Urban area

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Jijona/Xixona in country Spain

Jijona/Xixona at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	35 km	SouthWest
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	104 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	146 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riu Montnegre	ES	4 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Jijona

Type of weather in Jijona	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam