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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6196,Lat: 41.7686
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	22:56:11pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponte de Lima
Name	Sá

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barrô	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Arcozelo	2.4 km	East
3 Covelo e Fontelo	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Anta	3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Costa	3.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	340 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	444 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	689 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 19 km (direction WestSouthWest).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 22.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 21.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 73%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 58 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.1 km2

19.2%

Nature

17.6 km2

22.4%

Agriculture

34.8 km2

44.3%

Viticulture

1.7 km2

2.1%

Urban area

5.5 km2

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

2.6 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castanheira in country Portugal

Castanheira 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	31 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	46 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	70 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Lima	PT	0.6 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponte de Lima

Type of weather in Ponte de Lima	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam