Elevation of Torre-Pacheco, Spain
41m
above sea level · 135 ft
Torre-Pacheco is a city of 41,479 people in the Region of Murcia, the 6th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 103rd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.74° N · 0.95° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 44′ 28″ N · 0° 57′ 14″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 680,293 E · 4,179,072 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Torre-Pacheco
- INE code 30037
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 41,479 people
- 190 km² municipality · 219 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 41 m (135 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 41 m.
Population
Torre-Pacheco had 41,479 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 20% more than in 2015, when it had 34,469. The municipality covers 190 km², a density of 219 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 2.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Torre-Pacheco sits 41 m (135 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 Torre-Pacheco is 172 m below it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 31 km away in a straight line and 1 m higher than Torre-Pacheco. Madrid is 380 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Cartagena, 16 km away in a straight line and 36 m lower.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Torre-Pacheco is the 6th lowest. 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 120 km away in a straight line, 1,973 m above Torre-Pacheco.
- 176 Torre-Pacheco 41 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Torre-Pacheco.
What is the elevation of Torre-Pacheco, Spain?
Torre-Pacheco sits at 41 meters (135 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 Torre-Pacheco?
Latitude 37.74120 and longitude -0.95377 in decimal degrees (37° 44′ 28″ N · 0° 57′ 14″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 680,293 E and 4,179,072 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Torre-Pacheco rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 103rd lowest 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, Torre-Pacheco or Murcia?
Murcia. Torre-Pacheco sits at 41 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 1 m, 31 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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