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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2699,Lat: 37.226
Elevation	68 meter above sea level
Local time	4:24:58am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Silves
Name	São Bartolomeu de Messines

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Portela de Messines	2.5 km	NorthEast
2 Monte de São José	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Messines de Baixo	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Aldeia Ruiva	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Benaciate	3.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	184 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	291 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	529 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Funcho (2.8 km² at a height of around 95 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 74.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 104 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 96%, hill: 4%, 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
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 29 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

72.1 km2

91.9%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barrocal in country Portugal

Barrocal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	152 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	174 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	184 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrocal	PT	2.7 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cerro das Taipas

Type of weather in Cerro das Taipas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam