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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.2977,Lat: 36.7946
Elevation	916 meter above sea level
Local time	6:33:39am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Polopos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sorvilán	2.8 km	East
2 Haza del Trigo	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rubite	4.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 La Guapa	5.4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 La Mamola	5.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	197 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	403 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	564 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Rules (4.7 km² at a height of around 249 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 195.9 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 274 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 4%, hill: 21%, low mountains: 33%, moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 2%, 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 109 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.6 km2

4.6%

Nature

25.6 km2

32.6%

Agriculture

49.3 km2

62.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polopos in country Spain

Polopos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	50 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	115 km	WestNorthWest
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	135 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de Gualchos-Castell de Ferro	ES	9.8 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Polopos
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Polopos

Type of weather in Polopos	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam