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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1187,Lat: 36.9817
Elevation	1099 meter above sea level
Local time	13:12:00pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alpujarra de la Sierra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Yátor	3.1 km	SouthWest
2 Mecina-Bombarón	3.3 km	West
3 Válor	3.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Mecina Alfahar	4.7 km	East
5 Jorairátar	6.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	219 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	385 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	570 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Benínar (1.5 km² at a height of around 366 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peñón del Puerto with a height of 2912 meter (at a distance of 14.1 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 218.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 306 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 31%, moderate high mountains: 47%, high mountains: 22%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 128 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

3.6%

Nature

47.7 km2

60.8%

Agriculture

27.7 km2

35.3%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Yegen in country Spain

Yegen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	48 km	NorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	116 km	North
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	128 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Nevada	ES	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Yegen

Type of weather in Yegen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam