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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.213,Lat: 37.1072
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	10:53:50am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Albufeira
Name	Albufeira e Olhos de Água

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vale Navio	0.9 km	SouthEast
2 Monte Velho	1 km	NorthEast
3 Mosqueira	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Pinhal	1.8 km	NorthEast
5 Vale da Azinheira	1.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	199 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	281 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	534 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Arade (1.3 km² at a height of around 60 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 70.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 99 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 25 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 34 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.5 km2

5.7%

Agriculture

40.3 km2

65.7%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.7%

Urban area

10.2 km2

16.7%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Branqueira in country Portugal

Branqueira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	164 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	167 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	198 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ribeira de Quarteira	PT	3.6 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ferreiras

Type of weather in Ferreiras	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam