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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.7245,Lat: 37.2312
Elevation	618 meter above sea level
Local time	19:11:20pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Atarfe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pedro Ruiz	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Atarfe	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Pinos Puente	3.4 km	NorthWest
4 Caparacena	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 El Jau	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	187 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	353 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	509 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 53 km (direction SouthSouthWest).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 Cubillas (1.5 km² at a height of around 646 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 185.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 260 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 94%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 92 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (at a distance of 6.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.9 km2

21.6%

Nature

7.7 km2

9.8%

Agriculture

46.9 km2

59.6%

Urban area

7.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sierra Elvira in country Spain

Sierra Elvira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	13 km	SouthEast
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	76 km	West
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	91 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
La Malahá	ES	7.5 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Atarfe

Type of weather in Atarfe	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam