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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.497,Lat: 43.2684
Elevation	97 meter above sea level
Local time	22:40:01pm
Name province/region	País Vasco
Name Subregion	Bizkaia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Markina-Xemein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Altzaa	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Galartza	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Erbera/San Andres	2.3 km	SouthEast
4 Ubilla-Urberuaga	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Barinaga	3.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	329 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	340 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	660 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Basque County internal basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Urrunaga (Urrunagako Urtegia) (8.1 km² at a height of around 547 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 58.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 82 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 37%, hill: 59%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 224 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bilbao Airport (at a distance of 34 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

51.8 km2

65.9%

Nature

10.4 km2

13.3%

Agriculture

15.1 km2

19.2%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Markina-Xemein in country Spain

Markina-Xemein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	43 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	Spain	109 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	131 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Artibai ibaia / Río Artibai	ES	0.2 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Markina-Xemein

Type of weather in Markina-Xemein	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam