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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4397,Lat: 37.1381
Elevation	1326 meter above sea level
Local time	18:46:54pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Güejar Sierra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Güejar Sierra	2.4 km	North
2 Cortijo de los Mimbres	3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Sierra Nevada	6.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Pinos Genil	6.4 km	NorthWest
5 Quéntar	6.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	202 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	364 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	536 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 45 km (direction South).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 Canales (0.6 km² at a height of around 965 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Veleta with a height of 3398 meter (at a distance of 11.3 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 200.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 281 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 59%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Sierra Nevada

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 107 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.4 km2

27.3%

Nature

46.2 km2

58.8%

Agriculture

6.9 km2

8.7%

Rock-Sand

2.6 km2

3.3%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Cruz in country Spain

Santa Cruz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	15 km	WestNorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	96 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	99 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Nevada	ES	0.4 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Güéjar-Sierra

Type of weather in Güéjar-Sierra	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam