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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.9466,Lat: 38.0818
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	6:20:49am
Name province/region	Comunitat Valenciana
Name Subregion	Alicante
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Orihuela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barrio Nuestra Señora de la Alegria	0.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Barrio de la Ascensión	0.7 km	West
3 Barrio Carretera Hurchillo	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Los Huertos	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Camino de Beniel	1.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	354 km	NorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	444 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	531 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Segura. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Pedrera (11.3 km² at a height of around 104 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 443.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 620 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 91%, hill: 8%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

2.8%

Nature

13.7 km2

17.4%

Agriculture

52.4 km2

66.7%

Urban area

10.2 km2

13%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orihuela in country Spain

Orihuela at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	29 km	NorthEast
2 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	Spain	161 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	189 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serres del Sud d'Alacant	ES	1.5 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orihuela

Type of weather in Orihuela	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	07:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam