Elevation of Carballo, Spain
108m
above sea level · 354 ft
Carballo is a city of 32,120 people in A Coruña province, Galicia, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 129th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.21° N · 8.69° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 12′ 48″ N · 8° 41′ 21″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 525,239 E · 4,784,558 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Carballo
- INE code 15019
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 32,120 people
- 186 km² municipality · 173 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 108 m (354 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 108 m.
Population
Carballo had 32,120 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.7% more than in 2015, when it had 31,283. The municipality covers 186 km², a density of 173 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 93 municipalities in A Coruña province, after A Coruña (251,543), home to 2.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Carballo sits 108 m (354 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 Carballo is 105 m below it.
The provincial capital, A Coruña, is 30 km away in a straight line and 102 m lower than Carballo. Madrid is 518 km away.
Of the 11 cities in A Coruña province with an elevation page, Carballo is the 3rd highest. The highest is Santiago de Compostela (244 m) and the lowest, A Coruña (6 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in A Coruña province is O Coto da Andoriña, at 802 m (2,631 ft). It lies 61 km away in a straight line, 694 m above Carballo.
- 129 Carballo 108 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Carballo.
What is the elevation of Carballo, Spain?
Carballo sits at 108 meters (354 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 Carballo?
Latitude 43.21338 and longitude -8.68927 in decimal degrees (43° 12′ 48″ N · 8° 41′ 21″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 525,239 E and 4,784,558 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Carballo rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 129th 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, Carballo or A Coruña?
Carballo. Carballo sits at 108 m and A Coruña at 6 m: a difference of 102 m, 30 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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