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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7956,Lat: 41.6482
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	18:56:11pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Viana do Castelo
Name	Chafé

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lordelo	0.4 km	South
2 Estrada Velha	1.4 km	East
3 Anha	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Areia	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Sendim de Cima	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	325 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	454 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	684 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 25.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 87%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.1 km2

28.1%

Nature

4.5 km2

7.4%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

21.1 km2

34.8%

Viticulture

0.1 km2

0.2%

Urban area

11.7 km2

19.3%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

1.6 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Areia in country Portugal

Areia 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	37 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	48 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	59 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	0.8 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Areia
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Anha

Type of weather in Anha	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam