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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4659,Lat: 37.1924
Elevation	976 meter above sea level
Local time	21:07:02pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quéntar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dúdar	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Beas de Granada	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Güejar Sierra	4.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Pinos Genil	4.7 km	SouthWest
5 El Colmenar	5.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	203 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	358 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	532 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 51 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Medium - Genil, 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 2.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Veleta with a height of 3398 meter (at a distance of 17.6 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 201.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 283 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 93%, high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 108 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.9 km2

8.8%

Nature

39.4 km2

50.2%

Agriculture

30.5 km2

38.8%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quéntar in country Spain

Quéntar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	12 km	West
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	91 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	98 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrancos del Río de Aguas Blancas	ES	2.5 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quéntar

Type of weather in Quéntar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam