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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1928,Lat: 41.8692
Elevation	415 meter above sea level
Local time	23:35:28pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponte da Barca
Name	Lindoso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Parada	2.4 km	West
2 Cunhas	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Cidadelhe	4.3 km	West
4 Soajo	6.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 A Illa	6.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	356 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	414 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	684 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 56 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 do Alto do Lindoso (1.5 km² at a height of around 337 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 0.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 39%, low mountains: 43%, moderate high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 79 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.9 km2

6.2%

Nature

62.5 km2

79.6%

Agriculture

5.6 km2

7.2%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

5 km2

6.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castelo in country Portugal

Castelo 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	38 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	48 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	88 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Compostela

Type of weather in Compostela	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam