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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8368,Lat: 41.8704
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	6:11:57am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Caminha
Name	Caminha (Matriz) e Vilarelho

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 São Roque	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Coura	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Ribas	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 O Couto	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 A Pasaxe	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	349 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	465 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	708 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, 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 40.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1.4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.9 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 64%, hill: 19%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 71 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 43 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.3 km2

16.5%

Nature

22.4 km2

32.7%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

14.7 km2

21.5%

Urban area

7.3 km2

10.7%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

10.6 km2

15.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Caminha in country Portugal

Caminha 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	52 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	66 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	83 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuários dos Rios Minho e Coura	PT	0.2 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gateira

Type of weather in Gateira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam