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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.6929,Lat: 37.6781
Elevation	323 meter above sea level
Local time	18:59:49pm
Name province/region	Región de Murcia
Name Subregion	Murcia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pina	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Churra	1.2 km	East
3 Virgen de las Huertas	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Alcalá	1.9 km	West
5 Puente de Peredilero	1.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	352 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	366 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	598 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction SouthEast).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 13.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 364.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 511 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 91%, low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 120 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.6 km2

4.5%

Nature

22.4 km2

28.6%

Agriculture

44 km2

56%

Urban area

7 km2

8.8%

Rock-Sand

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lorca in country Spain

Lorca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	107 km	EastNorthEast
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	154 km	WestNorthWest
3 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	177 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierras del Gigante-Pericay, Lomas del Buitre-Río Luchena y Sierra de la Torrecilla	ES	2 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lorca

Type of weather in Lorca	few clouds
Current temperature:	29 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	23 %
Daylength at 16 April 2024:	13 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam