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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.2488,Lat: 41.1171
Elevation	38 meter above sea level
Local time	7:26:31am
Name province/region	Cataluña
Name Subregion	Tarragona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tarragona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Els Quatre Garrofers	0.9 km	North
2 Zona Eixample	1.1 km	NorthWest
3 La Vall de L'Arrabassada	1.3 km	East
4 Mont Sant Pere Sacelades	1.7 km	North
5 Arrabassada I Savinosa	1.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	156 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Madrid	Spain	423 km	West
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	584 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Tarragona lies at the Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pantano de Gayá (Pantà de Gaià) (1 km² at a height of around 412 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Spanish-Andorran border with a straight distance of 146.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 205 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reus Airport (at a distance of 7.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.3 km2

12.7%

Nature

4 km2

8.1%

Agriculture

10.7 km2

21.6%

Viticulture

0.1 km2

0.2%

Urban area

23.6 km2

47.7%

Infrastructure

4.3 km2

8.6%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tarragona in country Spain

Tarragona at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco	Spain	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Poblet Monastery	Spain	32 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	83 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino del Delta de l'Ebre-Illes Columbretes	ES	1 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Tarragona
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tarragona

Type of weather in Tarragona	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam