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Mexilhoeira da Carregação

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5076,Lat: 37.1454
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	12:09:13pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lagoa
Name	Estômbar e Parchal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pateiro	0.8 km	South
2 Calvário	0.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bela Vista	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Parchal	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Estômbar	1.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	185 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	307 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	550 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Arade (1.3 km² at a height of around 60 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 96.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 135 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 6.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.9 km2

3.9%

Nature

11.3 km2

14.9%

Wet nature

4.8 km2

6.3%

Agriculture

29.8 km2

39.5%

Viticulture

2.3 km2

3.1%

Urban area

13.7 km2

18.1%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

4.6 km2

6.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mexilhoeira da Carregação in country Portugal

Mexilhoeira da Carregação at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	165 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	184 km	North
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	194 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arade / Odelouca	PT	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Estômbar

Type of weather in Estômbar	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	39 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam