Palomares
Palomares is an agricultural, fishing, and tourist town along the Mediterranean Sea in the Almería province of Andalusia, Spain. It is about 20 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: José Guerrero Rodrríguez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 2,110 residents
- Description: human settlement in Almería Province, Spain
- Also known as: “Cañada de Palomares”, “Caserío Polomares”, and “Palomares, Almería”
- Postal codes: 04617 and 04618
Places of Interest
Highlights include Desert Springs Cricket Ground and Salar de los Canos.
Desert Springs Cricket Ground
Pitch
The Desert Springs Cricket Ground is a sports ground in Palomares, Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería, Spain. In September 2019, it was selected to host Germany's tour of Spain in March 2020, which included two Twenty20 International cricket matches between Spain and Germany.
Salar de los Canos
Lake
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Salar de los Canos is a lake, which is situated 3 km southwest of Palomares.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villaricos and Las Herrerías.
Villaricos
Village
Photo: Unzurrunzaga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villaricos is a coastal district located in Cuevas del Almanzora, Spain. On 5 April 1863 the barque Candahar was driven ashore at Villaricos and broke in two.
Las Herrerías
Hamlet
Photo: José Guerrero Rodrríguez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Las Herrerías is a village located in the municipality of Cuevas del Almanzora, in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 275. Las Herrerías is situated 2½ km north of Palomares.
Instalaciones Mineras de El Arteal
Hamlet
Photo: MdeVicente, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Instalaciones Mineras de El Arteal is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km northeast of Palomares.
Palomares
- Categories: single entity of population and locality
- Location: Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.24738° or 37° 14′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.79734° or 1° 47′ 50″ westPopulation
2,110Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
8C9W66W3+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 408489744OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2512967Wikidata ID
Q1116669
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Palomares” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Palomares”
- Cebuano: “Palomares”
- Chinese: “帕洛馬勒斯”
- Chinese: “帕洛马勒斯”
- Danish: “Palomares”
- Dutch: “Palomares, Almería”
- Esperanto: “Palomares”
- Finnish: “Palomares”
- French: “Palomares”
- Galician: “Palomares, Almería”
- Galician: “Palomares”
- German: “Palomares”
- Italian: “Palomares”
- Japanese: “パロマレス”
- Polish: “Palomares”
- Romanian: “Palomares”
- Russian: “Паломарес”
- Spanish: “Palomares”
- Swedish: “Palomares”
- “Palomares”
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