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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1271,Lat: 40.6542
Elevation	691 meter above sea level
Local time	10:42:04am
Name province/region	Castilla-La Mancha
Name Subregion	Guadalajara
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guadalajara

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Iriépal	1.9 km	South
2 Guadalajara	3.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Valdenoches	4.5 km	NorthEast
4 Tórtola de Henares	5.8 km	North
5 Centenera	6.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	53 km	WestSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	438 km	EastNorthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	531 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 272 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Henares, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Beleña (3.2 km² at a height of around 845 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 278.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 390 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 60%, moderate high mountains: 40%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 42 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

7.1%

Nature

3.6 km2

4.6%

Agriculture

60 km2

76.3%

Urban area

9.2 km2

11.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Taracena in country Spain

Taracena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	28 km	WestSouthWest
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	54 km	WestSouthWest
3 Aranjuez Cultural Landscape	Spain	79 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Henares	ES	3.5 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Taracena

Type of weather in Taracena	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam