Elevation of Santa Pola, Spain
1m
above sea level · 3 ft
Santa Pola is a city of 39,709 people in Alicante province, Valencian Community, the 10th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.19° N · 0.56° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 11′ 24″ N · 0° 33′ 20″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 714,073 E · 4,229,722 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Santa Pola
- INE code 03121
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 39,709 people
- 58.2 km² municipality · 683 people/km²
Population
Santa Pola had 39,709 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 25% more than in 2015, when it had 31,657. The municipality covers 58.2 km², a density of 683 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 10th most populous of the 141 municipalities in Alicante province, after Alicante (366,221), home to 2.0% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Santa Pola sits 1 m (3 ft) above sea level. Of the 279 Spanish municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, the highest is Soria, at 1,056 m, and the lowest is Santa Pola, at 1 m. The average is 213 m, so Santa Pola is 212 m below it.
The provincial capital, Alicante, is 18 km away in a straight line and 4 m higher than Santa Pola. Madrid is 366 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Elche, 15 km away in a straight line and 79 m higher.
Of the 26 cities in Alicante province with an elevation page, Santa Pola is the lowest. The highest is Ibi (754 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Alicante province is Aitana, at 1,557 m (5,108 ft). It lies 57 km away in a straight line, 1,556 m above Santa Pola.
- 279 Santa Pola 1 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Santa Pola.
What is the elevation of Santa Pola, Spain?
Santa Pola sits at 1 meters (3 feet) above sea level. That’s the ground height in the IGN’s MDT05 terrain model at the town’s reference point in the national gazetteer, because the published figure for this town didn’t match the terrain.
What are the coordinates of Santa Pola?
Latitude 38.19001 and longitude -0.55559 in decimal degrees (38° 11′ 24″ N · 0° 33′ 20″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 714,073 E and 4,229,722 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Santa Pola rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the lowest of the 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people. The highest is Soria (1,056 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
Which is higher, Santa Pola or Alicante?
Alicante. Santa Pola sits at 1 m and Alicante at 5 m: a difference of 4 m, 18 km apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · MDT05 at the gazetteer point (NGMEP) The town’s reference point and its ground height in the terrain model, because the official figure for this town didn’t match the terrain. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- Municipal register (INE), January 1, 2025 Population: our own work with data from the INE website (www.ine.es). Area: IGN (CC BY 4.0).
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
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