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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.4967,Lat: 40.2779
Elevation	598 meter above sea level
Local time	17:19:42pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Castelo Branco
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Covilhã
Name	Covilhã e Canhoso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Covelo	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cantar-Galo	2.1 km	North
3 Quinta do Sol	2.4 km	SouthWest
4 Alampada	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Boidobra	2.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	220 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	325 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	498 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 106 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Lower - Zezere, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lagoa Comprida (1.2 km² at a height of around 1599 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 41.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 42%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 29%, high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.2 km2

5.3%

Nature

27.3 km2

34.8%

Agriculture

38.6 km2

49.1%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

7.5 km2

9.5%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Covilhã in country Portugal

Covilhã at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	79 km	West
2 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	84 km	EastNorthEast
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	95 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra da Estrela	PT	2.5 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Borralheira

Type of weather in Borralheira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam