Elevation of Cieza, Spain
187m
above sea level · 614 ft
Cieza is a city of 35,577 people in the Region of Murcia, the 10th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 107th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.24° N · 1.43° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 14′ 12″ N · 1° 25′ 40″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 637,601 E · 4,233,235 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Cieza
- INE code 30019
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 35,577 people
- 366 km² municipality · 97 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 186.5 m (612 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 187 m.
Population
Cieza had 35,577 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.3% more than in 2015, when it had 35,115. The municipality covers 366 km², a density of 97 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 10th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 2.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Cieza sits 187 m (614 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 Cieza is 26 m below it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 38 km away in a straight line and 145 m lower than Cieza. Madrid is 311 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Molina de Segura, 28 km away in a straight line and 104 m lower.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Cieza is the 7th highest. 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 75 km away in a straight line, 1,827 m above Cieza.
- 107 Cieza 187 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Cieza.
What is the elevation of Cieza, Spain?
Cieza sits at 187 meters (614 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 Cieza?
Latitude 38.23659 and longitude -1.42773 in decimal degrees (38° 14′ 12″ N · 1° 25′ 40″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 637,601 E and 4,233,235 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Cieza rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 107th 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, Cieza or Murcia?
Cieza. Cieza sits at 187 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 145 m, 38 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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