Elevation of Azuqueca de Henares, Spain
632m
above sea level · 2,073 ft
Azuqueca de Henares is a city of 35,924 people in Guadalajara province, Castilla–La Mancha, the 2nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 34th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.57° N · 3.27° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 33′ 55″ N · 3° 16′ 6″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 477,286 E · 4,490,547 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Azuqueca de Henares
- INE code 19046
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 35,924 people
- 19.8 km² municipality · 1,819 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 632 m (2,073 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 632 m.
Population
Azuqueca de Henares had 35,924 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.9% more than in 2015, when it had 34,896. The municipality covers 19.8 km², a density of 1,819 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 288 municipalities in Guadalajara province, after Guadalajara (92,834), home to 13% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Azuqueca de Henares sits 632 m (2,073 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 Azuqueca de Henares is 419 m above it.
The provincial capital, Guadalajara, is 11 km away in a straight line and 60 m higher than Azuqueca de Henares. Madrid is 39 km away.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Guadalajara province is Pico del Lobo, at 2,272 m (7,454 ft). It lies 71 km away in a straight line, 1,640 m above Azuqueca de Henares.
- 34 Azuqueca de Henares 632 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Azuqueca de Henares.
What is the elevation of Azuqueca de Henares, Spain?
Azuqueca de Henares sits at 632 meters (2,073 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 Azuqueca de Henares?
Latitude 40.56538 and longitude -3.26833 in decimal degrees (40° 33′ 55″ N · 3° 16′ 6″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 477,286 E and 4,490,547 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Azuqueca de Henares rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 34th 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, Azuqueca de Henares or Guadalajara?
Guadalajara. Azuqueca de Henares sits at 632 m and Guadalajara at 692 m: a difference of 60 m, 11 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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