Júcar
The Júcar or Xúquer is a river in Spain, on the Iberian Peninsula. The river runs for approximately 509 km. Its source is located at Ojuelos de Valdeminguete, in the municipality of Tragacete, province of Cuenca, on the eastern flank of the Montes Universales in the Sistema Ibérico.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Spain
- Also known as: “Júcar river”, “Júcar River”, and “Rio Jucar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cullera Castle and Sant Antoni.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullera and Favara Municipality.
Cullera
Photo: Werner Wilmes, CC BY 2.0.
Cullera is a coastal city in Valencia with 22,000 people. It is known for its gastronomy and its burgeoning tourism sector, and serves as a popular getaway for domestic and foreign visitors.
Favara Municipality
Village
Photo: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Favara is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain. Favara Municipality is situated 5 km southwest of Júcar.
Fortaleny
Village
Photo: Fev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fortaleny is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain. Fortaleny is situated 7 km northwest of Júcar.
Júcar
- Categories: river, main stem, and body of water
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Júcar from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Júcar” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σούκρων”
- Arabic: “نهر شقر”
- Aragonese: “Río Xúcar”
- Asturian: “Júcar”
- Asturian: “Ríu Júcar”
- Basque: “Júcar”
- Bavarian: “Júcar”
- Belarusian: “Хукар”
- Breton: “Júcar”
- Bulgarian: “Хукар”
- Catalan: “riu Xúquer”
- Catalan: “Xúquer”
- Cebuano: “Río Júcar”
- Chinese: “胡卡爾河”
- Czech: “Júcar”
- Danish: “Júcar”
- Dutch: “Júcar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر چوكار اكسوكوير”
- Esperanto: “Júcar”
- French: “Júcar”
- Galician: “Río Xúcar”
- Georgian: “ხუკარი”
- German: “Júcar”
- German: “Rio Júcar”
- German: “Riu Xúquer”
- German: “Xúquer”
- Hungarian: “Júcar”
- Hungarian: “Xúquer”
- Irish: “Júcar”
- Italian: “Júcar”
- Italian: “Xúquer”
- Japanese: “フカル川”
- Kazakh: “Хукар”
- Kurdish: “çemê Júcar-Xúquer”
- Ladin: “Júcar-Xúquer”
- Latin: “Sucro”
- Latvian: “Hukara”
- Lithuanian: “Chukaras”
- Low German: “Júcar”
- Low German: “Rio Júcar”
- Low German: “Riu Xúquer”
- Low German: “Xúquer”
- Macedonian: “Хукар”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Júcar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Júcar”
- Norwegian: “Júcar”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Júcar”
- Polish: “Júcar”
- Portuguese: “Rio Júcar”
- Russian: “Хукар”
- Serbian: “Хукар”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Júcar”
- Slovenian: “Júcar”
- Slovenian: “Rio Júcar”
- Slovenian: “Riu Xúquer”
- Slovenian: “Xúquer”
- Spanish: “Júcar”
- Spanish: “río Júcar”
- Swedish: “Júcar”
- Turkish: “Júcar”
- Ukrainian: “Хукар”
- Upper Sorbian: “Júcar”
- Venetian: “Fiume Júcar”
- “Júcar”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Raconá and El Brosquil.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chapel of Our Lady in the Castle of Cullera and Plaza de is Verge.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Júcar”. Photo: Vicenç Salvador Torres Guerola, CC BY-SA 3.0.