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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.3117,Lat: 40.5261
Elevation	851 meter above sea level
Local time	0:45:02am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Guarda
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guarda
Name	Maçainhas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Prado	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Chãos	2.1 km	North
3 Cubo	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Vale de Estrela	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Trinta	4.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	251 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	309 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	517 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 113 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Caldeirão (1 km² at a height of around 701 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 39.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 72%, 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 nature.

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

Name
Maciço Central

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 142 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 54 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.7 km2

4.7%

Nature

44.3 km2

56.4%

Agriculture

25.6 km2

32.6%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.4%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Maçainhas in country Portugal

Maçainhas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	58 km	East
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	77 km	NorthNorthWest
3 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	100 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra da Estrela	PT	1.5 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila Soeiro

Type of weather in Vila Soeiro	few clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam