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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1397,Lat: 41.3149
Elevation	388 meter above sea level
Local time	23:32:36pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Amarante
Name	Freixo de Cima e de Baixo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Taipa	1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lagarteira	1.1 km	SouthWest
3 Paço	1.2 km	West
4 Quintã de Cima	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Lixa	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	298 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	391 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	626 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 48 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Torrão (3.4 km² at a height of around 64 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 54.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 77 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 4%, hill: 93%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 46 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.4 km2

24.6%

Nature

11.2 km2

14.3%

Agriculture

39.9 km2

50.8%

Viticulture

2.9 km2

3.7%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alto da Lixa in country Portugal

Alto da Lixa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	19 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	34 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	37 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	11 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Freixo de Cima

Type of weather in Freixo de Cima	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam