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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0449,Lat: 41.5116
Elevation	688 meter above sea level
Local time	15:13:14pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cabeceiras de Basto
Name	Refojos de Basto, Outeiro e Painzela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Paneladas	1.7 km	East
2 Várzea Cova	2.1 km	West
3 Terreiros	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Esqueiro	2.8 km	East
5 Cancela	3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	321 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	389 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	643 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 Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Ermal (1.7 km² at a height of around 335 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 33.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 36%, low mountains: 63%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 60 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.7 km2

16.2%

Nature

40.1 km2

51%

Agriculture

24.7 km2

31.4%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fojos in country Portugal

Fojos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	22 km	West
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	28 km	WestNorthWest
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	50 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	16 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Raposeira

Type of weather in Raposeira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam