Elevation of Maracena, Spain
660m
above sea level · 2,165 ft
Maracena is a city of 22,294 people in Granada province, Andalusia, the 6th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 29th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.21° N · 3.63° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 12′ 27″ N · 3° 37′ 59″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 443,836 E · 4,118,082 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Maracena
- INE code 18127
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 22,294 people
- 4.89 km² municipality · 4,559 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 660.6 m (2,167 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 660 m.
Population
Maracena had 22,294 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.2% more than in 2015, when it had 21,816. The municipality covers 4.89 km², a density of 4,559 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 174 municipalities in Granada province, after Granada (233,975), home to 2.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Maracena sits 660 m (2,165 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 Maracena is 447 m above it.
The provincial capital, Granada, is 4.8 km away in a straight line and 22 m higher than Maracena. Madrid is 357 km away.
Of the 10 cities in Granada province with an elevation page, Maracena is the 5th lowest. The highest is Baza (844 m) and the lowest, Almuñécar (16 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Granada province is Mulhacén, at 3,479 m (11,414 ft). It lies 33 km away in a straight line, 2,819 m above Maracena.
- 29 Maracena 660 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Maracena.
What is the elevation of Maracena, Spain?
Maracena sits at 660 meters (2,165 feet) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the reference point of the town center.
What are the coordinates of Maracena?
Latitude 37.20753 and longitude -3.63295 in decimal degrees (37° 12′ 27″ N · 3° 37′ 59″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 443,836 E and 4,118,082 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Maracena rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 29th highest 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, Maracena or Granada?
Granada. Maracena sits at 660 m and Granada at 682 m: a difference of 22 m, 4.8 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 · IGR Poblaciones (population centers) Official elevation and coordinates of the town center. 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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