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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7729,Lat: 41.5087
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	4:29:28am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Esposende
Name	Apúlia e Fão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Descampado	1 km	NorthEast
2 Igreja	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Souto	2 km	NorthEast
4 Fonte	2.3 km	NorthEast
5 Alapela	2.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	310 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	448 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	670 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fão lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 47.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 41.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 37%, low location: 63%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 30 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.2 km2

26.3%

Nature

1.3 km2

2.5%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

22.3 km2

44.5%

Urban area

8.3 km2

16.4%

Rock-Sand

1.5 km2

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fão in country Portugal

Fão 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	33 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	41 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	43 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	0.7 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lugar da Igreja Paço

Type of weather in Lugar da Igreja Paço	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam