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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0515,Lat: 37.082
Elevation	27 meter above sea level
Local time	7:40:36am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Loulé
Name	Almancil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pereiras	1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Figueiral	1.4 km	SouthEast
3 Ferrarias	1.7 km	SouthWest
4 Almancil	1.7 km	East
5 Vale de Éguas	2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	208 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	266 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	526 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Funcho (2.8 km² at a height of around 95 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 57.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 11 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 48 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.5 km2

4.7%

Nature

3 km2

4.1%

Agriculture

44.6 km2

60.9%

Urban area

10.1 km2

13.7%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Escanxinas in country Portugal

Escanxinas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	153 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	165 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	186 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa	PT	3.7 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Almancil

Type of weather in Almancil	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam