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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.6221,Lat: 36.8054
Elevation	131 meter above sea level
Local time	2:46:30am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vícar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Cabañuelas	1 km	West
2 Cañada Sebastiana	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Barrio de Archilla	1.5 km	SouthEast
4 El Parador	1.9 km	East
5 El Parador de las Hortichuelas	2.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	255 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	412 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	619 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake is Albufera Nueva (0.6 km² at a height of around 164 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 254.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 356 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 61%, hill: 25%, low mountains: 4%, 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.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 169 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

26 km2

36.1%

Agriculture

35 km2

48.5%

Urban area

9.9 km2

13.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Gangosa in country Spain

La Gangosa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	97 km	NorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	150 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	175 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bahía de Almería	ES	3.5 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Las Hortichuelas

Type of weather in Las Hortichuelas	clear sky
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam