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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.278,Lat: 37.1372
Elevation	725 meter above sea level
Local time	10:16:20am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Loja

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Estación de Salinas	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Fuente Camacho	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Cortijo de las Mozas	5.7 km	SouthEast
4 Venta del Rayo	5.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Riofrío	6.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	144 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	366 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	467 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 47 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Medium - Genil, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Iznájar (27.1 km² at a height of around 420 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 143 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 200 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 85%, moderate high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (at a distance of 45 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.1 km2

28.1%

Nature

9 km2

11.4%

Agriculture

47.5 km2

60.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Palma in country Spain

La Palma at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	27 km	WestSouthWest
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	61 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Cordoba	Spain	94 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de Loja	ES	5.7 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villanueva de Tapia

Type of weather in Villanueva de Tapia	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam