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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.0353,Lat: 41.6463
Elevation	494 meter above sea level
Local time	20:09:57pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Bragança
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Macedo de Cavaleiros
Name	Arcas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vilarinho de Agrochão	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Meles	3.9 km	SouthWest
3 Ferreira	4.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Lamalonga	5.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Agrochão	5.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	316 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	367 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	628 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 146 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 Azibo (3.7 km² at a height of around 601 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 29.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 38%, low mountains: 62%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Trás-os-Montes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 144 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 36 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.2 km2

10.5%

Nature

26.4 km2

33.7%

Agriculture

43.5 km2

55.4%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arcas in country Portugal

Arcas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	87 km	WestSouthWest
2 Las Médulas	Spain	94 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	107 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montesinho / Nogueira	PT	7.8 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torre de Dona Chama

Type of weather in Torre de Dona Chama	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam