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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.8746,Lat: 39.0404
Elevation	240 meter above sea level
Local time	1:26:05am
Name province/region	Extremadura
Name Subregion	Badajoz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Don Benito

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hernán Cortés	5.2 km	West
2 Vivares	5.5 km	North
3 Rena	5.9 km	East
4 Casa de La Barca	6.5 km	SouthEast
5 Villar de Rena	6.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	241 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	285 km	West
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	324 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 224 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadiana main - Medium - Zujar, part of the larger catchment area Guadiana. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Orellana (57.4 km² at a height of around 317 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 93.5 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 131 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 252 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Badajoz Airport (at a distance of 84 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.2%

Nature

5.8 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

68.7 km2

87.5%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ruecas in country Spain

Ruecas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	42 km	West
2 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	65 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Spain	65 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Guadiana Alto - Zujar	ES	2.8 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rena

Type of weather in Rena	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam