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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.2249,Lat: 36.8162
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	17:55:12pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Níjar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pujaire	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 El Barranquete	3.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Campillo de Gata	3.8 km	South
4 Cabo de Gata	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 El Nazareno	6.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	290 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	421 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	651 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Cuevas del Almanzora (7.6 km² at a height of around 190 meter above sea level) at a distance of 62.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 288.9 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 404 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 205 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 13 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

35.9 km2

48.3%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

27.7 km2

37.2%

Urban area

5.5 km2

7.4%

Rock-Sand

3.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ruescas in country Spain

Ruescas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	130 km	WestNorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	168 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	207 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cabo de Gata-Níjar	ES	0.9 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at El Cabo de Gata

Type of weather in El Cabo de Gata	clear sky
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam