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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.719,Lat: 41.4576
Elevation	52 meter above sea level
Local time	23:20:55pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Barqueiros

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boucelão	0.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Casas Novas	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lagoa Negra	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Águas Férreas	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Machuqueiras	1.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	304 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	442 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	662 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 45.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 47.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly western 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 24 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.6 km2

26.3%

Nature

6.3 km2

8.1%

Agriculture

45 km2

57.4%

Urban area

4.7 km2

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Andorinhas in country Portugal

Andorinhas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	30 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	36 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	36 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	4.8 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Laundos

Type of weather in Laundos	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam