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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.4711,Lat: 41.7467
Elevation	368 meter above sea level
Local time	11:18:25am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Vila Real
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chaves
Name	Santa Maria Maior

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vale de Anta	2.8 km	West
2 Cando	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Eiras	3.5 km	SouthEast
4 Seara	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Faiões	3.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	353 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	361 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	650 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 112 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Alto Rabagão (18.4 km² at a height of around 879 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 7.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.7 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 95%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Trás-os-Montes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 114 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 56 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.4 km2

8.2%

Nature

8.4 km2

10.7%

Agriculture

48.1 km2

61.3%

Viticulture

4.6 km2

5.9%

Urban area

9.3 km2

11.9%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Chaves in country Portugal

Chaves at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	76 km	WestSouthWest
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	76 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	78 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Támega	ES	7.5 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chaves

Type of weather in Chaves	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam