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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.7957,Lat: 37.247
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	0:07:15am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cuevas del Almanzora

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Villaricos	2.3 km	East
2 Vera-Playa	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Las Herrerías	2.6 km	North
4 La Mulería	3.9 km	North
5 La Algarrobina	4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	340 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	390 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	645 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Cuevas del Almanzora (7.6 km² at a height of around 190 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 338.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 474 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 84%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 157 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 67 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

14.7 km2

26.8%

Agriculture

32.7 km2

59.7%

Urban area

4.8 km2

8.8%

Rock-Sand

1.7 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Palomares in country Spain

Palomares at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	147 km	NorthEast
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	161 km	West
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	165 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fondos Marinos Levante Almeriense	ES	1.5 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villaricos

Type of weather in Villaricos	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam