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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.2352,Lat: 37.2577
Elevation	1119 meter above sea level
Local time	2:37:49am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Polícar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lugros	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Beas de Guadix	3.5 km	NorthEast
3 La Peza	4.9 km	NorthWest
4 Marchal	5.2 km	NorthEast
5 Graena	5.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	224 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	353 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	549 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 55 km (direction South).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 Quéntar (0.9 km² at a height of around 1040 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.5 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Peñón del Puerto with a height of 2912 meter (at a distance of 18.9 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 222.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 312 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 99%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Sierra Nevada

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 129 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.8 km2

31.6%

Nature

19.2 km2

24.4%

Agriculture

33.9 km2

43.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polícar in country Spain

Polícar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	33 km	West
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	84 km	North
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	119 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Nevada	ES	2 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Polícar

Type of weather in Polícar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam