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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5391,Lat: 38.3414
Elevation	752 meter above sea level
Local time	10:29:41am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Jaén
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santa Elena

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Navas de Tolosa	7.4 km	SouthWest
2 La Carolina	10 km	SouthWest
3 Carboneros	14.6 km	SouthWest
4 Vilches	14.9 km	South
5 Aldeaquemada	16.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	231 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	288 km	SouthWest
3 Lisboa	Portugal	493 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 176 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Upper - Guadiana menor, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Fernandina (21.3 km² at a height of around 453 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Estrella with a height of 1300 meter (at a distance of 8.8 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 287.3 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 402 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 97%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 201 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.5 km2

63%

Nature

19.4 km2

24.7%

Agriculture

9.3 km2

11.8%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Elena in country Spain

Santa Elena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	40 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Cordoba	Spain	120 km	WestSouthWest
3 Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija	Slovenia,Spain	124 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuencas del Rumblar, Guadalén y Guadalmena	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa Elena

Type of weather in Santa Elena	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam