Elevation of Alcantarilla, Spain
61m
above sea level · 200 ft
Alcantarilla is a city of 43,876 people in the Region of Murcia, the 5th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 123rd lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.97° N · 1.21° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 58′ 19″ N · 1° 12′ 34″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 657,264 E · 4,204,225 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Alcantarilla
- INE code 30005
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 43,876 people
- 16.2 km² municipality · 2,702 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 61 m (200 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 61 m.
Population
Alcantarilla had 43,876 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 7.0% more than in 2015, when it had 41,021. The municipality covers 16.2 km², a density of 2,702 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 2.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Alcantarilla sits 61 m (200 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 Alcantarilla is 152 m below it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 7.1 km away in a straight line and 19 m lower than Alcantarilla. Madrid is 346 km away.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Alcantarilla is the 9th lowest. The highest is Caravaca de la Cruz (628 m) and the lowest, Águilas (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Region of Murcia is Obispo, at 2,014 m (6,608 ft). It lies 93 km away in a straight line, 1,953 m above Alcantarilla.
- 155 Alcantarilla 61 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Alcantarilla.
What is the elevation of Alcantarilla, Spain?
Alcantarilla sits at 61 meters (200 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 Alcantarilla?
Latitude 37.97204 and longitude -1.20954 in decimal degrees (37° 58′ 19″ N · 1° 12′ 34″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 657,264 E and 4,204,225 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Alcantarilla rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 123rd 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, Alcantarilla or Murcia?
Alcantarilla. Alcantarilla sits at 61 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 19 m, 7.1 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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