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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0888,Lat: 41.7028
Elevation	503 meter above sea level
Local time	18:35:25pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Vila Real
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Montalegre
Name	Cabril

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ermida	3.2 km	West
2 Vila (Ruivães)	4.2 km	SouthEast
3 Vila Nova/Sidrós	6.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Termas do Gerês	6.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Pereiro	6.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	340 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	400 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	664 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 61 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Salamonde (2.5 km² at a height of around 279 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 11.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 2%, hill: 34%, low mountains: 41%, moderate high mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly southern 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 70 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.6 km2

18.6%

Nature

37.6 km2

47.8%

Agriculture

9 km2

11.5%

Rock-Sand

14.7 km2

18.7%

Water - Lakes

2.6 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fafião in country Portugal

Fafião 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	29 km	WestSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	33 km	SouthWest
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	71 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vieira do Minho Municipality

Type of weather in Vieira do Minho Municipality	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam