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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.769,Lat: 37.6071
Elevation	412 meter above sea level
Local time	3:47:36am
Name province/region	Región de Murcia
Name Subregion	Murcia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Venta del Coronel	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Casas del Tío Domingo	2.9 km	SouthEast
3 Puerto Lumbreras	4.1 km	South
4 Ermita	4.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Estación	4.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	355 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	356 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	608 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 28 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Segura. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Puentes (3.9 km² at a height of around 464 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 355.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 498 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 69%, low mountains: 31%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 130 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

31.4 km2

39.9%

Agriculture

43.2 km2

55%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Colonia in country Spain

La Colonia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	117 km	EastNorthEast
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	149 km	WestNorthWest
3 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	169 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierras del Gigante-Pericay, Lomas del Buitre-Río Luchena y Sierra de la Torrecilla	ES	0.3 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Esparragalico

Type of weather in Esparragalico	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	48 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam