Matalascañas
Matalascañas is the name of an Atlantic beach and coastal resort town within the Municipality of Almonte, in southwestern Spain. It is known for having an ancient upside down tower on the sand called Torre de la Higuera, one of the seven defensive towers…
- Type: Village with 3,010 residents
- Description: locality in Huelva
- Also known as: “Torre de la Higuera”
- Postal code: 21760
Places of Interest
Highlights: Faro de Matalascañas and Torre de la Higuera.
Matalascañas
- Categories: single entity of population and locality
- Location: Almonte, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.999° or 36° 59′ 56″ north
Longitude
-6.54789° or 6° 32′ 52″ west
Population
3,010
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8C8MXFX2+JR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Matalascañas” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Matalascañas”
- Catalan: “Matalascañas o Torre de la Higuera”
- Catalan: “Matalascañas”
- Cebuano: “Matalascañas”
- Dutch: “Matalascañas”
- Esperanto: “Matalascañas”
- French: “Matalascañas”
- Galician: “Matalascañas o Torre de la Higuera”
- German: “Matalascanas”
- German: “Matalascañas”
- Hebrew: “מטלאסקניאס”
- Japanese: “マタラスカニャス”
- Korean: “마탈라스카냐스”
- Luxembourgish: “Matalascañas”
- Persian: “ماتالسکناس”
- Portuguese: “Matalascañas”
- Russian: “Маталасканьяс”
- Spanish: “Matalascañas”
- Swedish: “Matalascañas”
- Urdu: “ماتالاسکانیوس”
- “Matalascañas”
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Places to explore: Nave de Pedro Pérez and Coto de Donana.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Dunas de Doñana Apartamentos Turísticos and Torre Almenara.
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