Elevation of Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Spain
203m
above sea level · 666 ft
Sant Josep de sa Talaia is a city of 29,761 people in the Balearic Islands, the 11th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 100th highest. It’s in the island of Ibiza.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.92° N · 1.29° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 55′ 17″ N · 1° 17′ 32″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31S · 351,957 E · 4,309,454 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Sant Josep de sa Talaia
- INE code 07048
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 29,761 people
- 159 km² municipality · 187 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 203.8 m (669 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 203 m.
Population
Sant Josep de sa Talaia had 29,761 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 16% more than in 2015, when it had 25,674. The municipality covers 159 km², a density of 187 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 11th most populous of the 67 municipalities in the Balearic Islands, after Palma (434,786), home to 2.4% of its people.
It’s on the island of Ibiza: 5 municipalities, 163,755 people and 573 km². Sant Josep de sa Talaia is the 3rd most populous (the largest is Eivissa, with 55,337) and is home to 18% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Sant Josep de sa Talaia sits 203 m (666 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 Sant Josep de sa Talaia is 10 m below it.
The regional capital, Palma, is 137 km away in a straight line and 184 m lower than Sant Josep de sa Talaia. Madrid is 458 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Eivissa, 13 km away in a straight line and 171 m lower.
Of the 13 cities in the Balearic Islands with an elevation page, Sant Josep de sa Talaia is the highest. The highest is Sant Josep de sa Talaia (203 m) and the lowest, Sant Antoni de Portmany (7 m).
3 other municipalities in the island of Ibiza have a page: Eivissa (32 m), Santa Eulària des Riu (10 m), and Sant Antoni de Portmany (7 m). Sant Josep de sa Talaia is the highest of the 4.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Balearic Islands is Puig Major, at 1,436 m (4,711 ft). It lies 162 km away in a straight line, 1,233 m above Sant Josep de sa Talaia.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Sant Josep de sa Talaia.
What is the elevation of Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Spain?
Sant Josep de sa Talaia sits at 203 meters (666 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 Sant Josep de sa Talaia?
Latitude 38.92152 and longitude 1.29227 in decimal degrees (38° 55′ 17″ N · 1° 17′ 32″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 351,957 E and 4,309,454 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Sant Josep de sa Talaia rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 100th 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, Sant Josep de sa Talaia or Palma?
Sant Josep de sa Talaia. Sant Josep de sa Talaia sits at 203 m and Palma at 19 m: a difference of 184 m, 137 km apart in a straight line.
Which island is Sant Josep de sa Talaia on?
Ibiza, in Balearic Islands province. The island has 5 municipalities and 163,755 people.
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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