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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.1194,Lat: 40.1101
Elevation	488 meter above sea level
Local time	7:50:46am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Castelo Branco
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Penamacor
Name	Aranhas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aldeia de João Pires	3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Salvador	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Aldeia do Bispo	4.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Penamacor	7.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Águas	7.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	229 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	295 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	468 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 143 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Lower - Zezere, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Idanha (6.7 km² at a height of around 255 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 9.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 78%, low mountains: 22%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 185 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.1 km2

17.9%

Nature

21.7 km2

27.7%

Agriculture

40.9 km2

52.1%

Viticulture

1.3 km2

1.6%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Aranhas in country Portugal

Aranhas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	75 km	NorthEast
2 Old Town of Cáceres	Spain	96 km	SouthSouthEast
3 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	112 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Malcata	PT	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aranhas

Type of weather in Aranhas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam