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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.6669,Lat: 37.6874
Elevation	768 meter above sea level
Local time	23:45:30pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castilléjar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Olivar	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Castilléjar	4 km	NorthEast
3 San Marcos	8.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Benamaurel	9.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Cortes de Baza	9.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	291 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	317 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	583 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 93 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Upper - Guadiana menor, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Negratín (37.4 km² at a height of around 630 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 290.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 407 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 59%, moderate high mountains: 41%, The hills are mainly southern 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 196 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 97 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.1 km2

0.1%

Nature

16.5 km2

21%

Agriculture

61.6 km2

78.5%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Los Carriones in country Spain

Los Carriones at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	72 km	NorthWest
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	99 km	WestSouthWest
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	181 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de La Sagra	ES	15 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castilléjar

Type of weather in Castilléjar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam