Elevation of Antequera, Spain
512m
above sea level · 1,680 ft
Antequera is a city of 41,849 people in Málaga province, Andalusia, the 11th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 50th highest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.02° N · 4.56° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 1′ 10″ N · 4° 33′ 45″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 361,009 E · 4,098,170 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Antequera
- INE code 29015
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 41,849 people
- 748 km² municipality · 56 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 512 m (1,680 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 512 m.
Population
Antequera had 41,849 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.7% more than in 2015, when it had 41,141. The municipality covers 748 km², a density of 56 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 11th most populous of the 103 municipalities in Málaga province, after Málaga (599,063), home to 2.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Antequera sits 512 m (1,680 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 Antequera is 299 m above it.
The provincial capital, Málaga, is 36 km away in a straight line and 506 m lower than Antequera. Madrid is 385 km away.
Of the 17 cities in Málaga province with an elevation page, Antequera is the 2nd highest. The highest is Ronda (727 m) and the lowest, Rincón de la Victoria (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Málaga province is Tejeda, at 2,069 m (6,788 ft). It lies 48 km away in a straight line, 1,557 m above Antequera.
- 50 Antequera 512 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Antequera.
What is the elevation of Antequera, Spain?
Antequera sits at 512 meters (1,680 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 Antequera?
Latitude 37.01944 and longitude -4.56246 in decimal degrees (37° 1′ 10″ N · 4° 33′ 45″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 361,009 E and 4,098,170 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Antequera rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 50th 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, Antequera or Málaga?
Antequera. Antequera sits at 512 m and Málaga at 6 m: a difference of 506 m, 36 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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