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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.4056,Lat: 39.0292
Elevation	67 meter above sea level
Local time	1:12:12am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Lisboa
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mafra
Name	Encarnação

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Casais de São Lourenço	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Charneca	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Casal dos Paixões	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Barril	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Casais da Areia	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	42 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	486 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	513 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Galiza lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de São Domingos (1.5 km² at a height of around 42 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 173.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 243 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Estremadura - Oeste

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 37 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

33.5 km2

64.9%

Viticulture

11.3 km2

22%

Urban area

5.9 km2

11.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Galiza in country Portugal

Galiza at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)	Portugal	12 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	27 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	41 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sintra / Cascais	PT	0.6 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Galiza
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Encarnação

Type of weather in Encarnação	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam