Elevation of Totana, Spain
255m
above sea level · 837 ft
Totana is a city of 33,358 people in the Region of Murcia, the 12th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 84th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.77° N · 1.50° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 46′ 12″ N · 1° 30′ 10″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 631,864 E · 4,181,344 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Totana
- INE code 30039
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 33,358 people
- 287 km² municipality · 116 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 255.1 m (837 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 255 m.
Population
Totana had 33,358 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 7.9% more than in 2015, when it had 30,916. The municipality covers 287 km², a density of 116 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 12th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 2.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Totana sits 255 m (837 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 Totana is 42 m above it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 40 km away in a straight line and 213 m lower than Totana. Madrid is 350 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Lorca, 20 km away in a straight line and 87 m higher.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Totana is the 5th 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 74 km away in a straight line, 1,759 m above Totana.
- 85 Totana 255 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Totana.
What is the elevation of Totana, Spain?
Totana sits at 255 meters (837 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 Totana?
Latitude 37.76993 and longitude -1.50280 in decimal degrees (37° 46′ 12″ N · 1° 30′ 10″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 631,864 E and 4,181,344 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Totana rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 84th 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, Totana or Murcia?
Totana. Totana sits at 255 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 213 m, 40 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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