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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.9582,Lat: 43.3697
Elevation	32 meter above sea level
Local time	8:40:00am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Piélagos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vioño	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Renedo	1.8 km	South
3 Barcenilla	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Zurita	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Rumoroso	3.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	328 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	459 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	663 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 176.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 247 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 90%, hill: 8%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 305 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 13 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.4 km2

41.2%

Nature

6.7 km2

8.5%

Agriculture

36.2 km2

46.1%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quijano in country Spain

Quijano at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	13 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	77 km	EastSouthEast
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	116 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Pas	ES	0.4 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quijano

Type of weather in Quijano	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	07:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam