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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6255,Lat: 41.5694
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	16:43:37pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Silva

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Trás do Prado	0.5 km	SouthWest
2 Boucinha	0.6 km	North
3 Ribeira	0.6 km	SouthEast
4 Costa Má	0.8 km	South
5 Paredes	0.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	318 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	438 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	670 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction West).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 34 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 39.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 77%, hill: 22%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 36 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.2 km2

27%

Nature

13.6 km2

17.4%

Agriculture

32.4 km2

41.3%

Urban area

10.7 km2

13.6%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gandra in country Portugal

Gandra 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	21 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	31 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	48 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	13 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Paço

Type of weather in Paço	clear sky
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam