Elevation of Alhama de Murcia, Spain
201m
above sea level · 659 ft
Alhama de Murcia is a city of 24,163 people in the Region of Murcia, the 16th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 102nd highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.85° N · 1.43° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 51′ 5″ N · 1° 25′ 35″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 638,438 E · 4,190,507 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Alhama de Murcia
- INE code 30008
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 24,163 people
- 313 km² municipality · 77 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 200.8 m (659 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 201 m.
Population
Alhama de Murcia had 24,163 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 13% more than in 2015, when it had 21,351. The municipality covers 313 km², a density of 77 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 16th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 1.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Alhama de Murcia sits 201 m (659 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 Alhama de Murcia is 12 m below it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 30 km away in a straight line and 159 m lower than Alhama de Murcia. Madrid is 346 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Molina de Segura, 29 km away in a straight line and 118 m lower.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Alhama de Murcia is the 6th 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 77 km away in a straight line, 1,813 m above Alhama de Murcia.
- 102 Alhama de Murcia 201 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Alhama de Murcia.
What is the elevation of Alhama de Murcia, Spain?
Alhama de Murcia sits at 201 meters (659 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 Alhama de Murcia?
Latitude 37.85151 and longitude -1.42643 in decimal degrees (37° 51′ 5″ N · 1° 25′ 35″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 638,438 E and 4,190,507 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Alhama de Murcia rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 102nd 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, Alhama de Murcia or Murcia?
Alhama de Murcia. Alhama de Murcia sits at 201 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 159 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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