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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7264,Lat: 40.612
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	7:32:55am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Aveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ílhavo
Name	Gafanha da Encarnação

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Colónia Agrícola	2.1 km	East
2 Costa Nova do Prado	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Praia da Barra	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Gafanha do Carmo	2.9 km	SouthWest
5 Gafanha d'Aquém	3.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	211 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	430 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	581 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gafanha da Encarnação lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Pateira de Fermentelos (2.3 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 140.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 197 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 64%, low location: 36%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.4 km2

24.4%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

4.2 km2

6.6%

Agriculture

15.8 km2

25.1%

Urban area

12.7 km2

20.2%

Infrastructure

2.7 km2

4.2%

Rock-Sand

2.1 km2

3.3%

Water - Lakes

9.7 km2

15.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gafanha da Encarnação in country Portugal

Gafanha da Encarnação 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	52 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	59 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	94 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Aveiro	PT	0.6 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ílhavo Municipality

Type of weather in Ílhavo Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam