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Cadiz
The Province of Cadiz is the southernmost territory of the Iberian Peninsula and, as such, its gateway to the Atlantic Ocean and the Africa continent. Its exact geographical location is the South-Earth corner of Spain, in the Region of Andalusia. Its total surface extension is 7.385 km2 and neighbours the provinces of Seville, Huelva and Malaga. The Province has a perimeter of 586 km, of which 260 km is coastline, with beaches on both, Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. As such, its also includes the Strait of Gibraltar signally again its joint, Mediterranean and Atlantic character. The average annual temperature is mild with 18° C while at the same time the Province counts with 3200 sunny per year and average sea temperature of 17° C. As far as the topography is concerned, the Province is quite complex and the low coastal areas briskly passes into steep mountains of Sierra of Cadiz, located in the north-east end of the Province, with the highest peak, Pinar, at 1654 m. such extreme topographical variations are also responsible for the considerable differences in the precipitations, with the coastal areas mostly dry and the mountainous part with frequent showers.
The total population of the Province of Cadiz in 2005 was 1.125.105 inhabitants. Overall trend has been the one of steady growth in the last decade with an approximate annual increase of some 15.000 inhabitants. However, this figure fails to take into account one important factor, tourism. Current estimates point to some 400.000 strong migratory population which comes into Province during the holidays or weekends while in the summer season the floating population rise up to 2.000.000 visitors. Taking into account favorable climate conditions the associate length of the tourist season, it's clear that the Province actually has far higher average population year round. This is a cause of a great deal of strain upon the Province's capability of providing correspondent housing, energy and water supply in the best possible and most efficient manner.
The province of Cadiz has a complex climate, due especially to its position between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, with mild winters and hot summers. The mean annual temperature varies between the 17.5?C on the coast and 10?C in mountainous areas, while rainfall is between 400 and 500 mm per year on the coast and over 2,000 mm annually in the Sierra de Grazalema Mountains, the rainiest area in Spain.
The wind is predominantly easterly and can be extremely strong in the Tarifa area. It has made this town the home of Spain's first wind farm.
The climate is mainly Mediterranean, as corroborated by the mean maximum temperature in the hottest month, August, of 27.7°C, while the mean minimum temperature in the coldest month, January, is 9.9°C.