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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.4078,Lat: 40.3407
Elevation	512 meter above sea level
Local time	16:38:07pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Castelo Branco
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Covilhã
Name	Orjais

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cerdeira	0.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Aldeia do Souto	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Borralheira	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Quintas da Atalaia	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Malpique	4.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	230 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	317 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	501 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 111 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Lower - Zezere, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Vale do Rossim (0.6 km² at a height of around 1435 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 36.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 41%, low mountains: 44%, moderate high mountains: 14%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.7 km2

12.4%

Nature

26.7 km2

33.9%

Agriculture

39.7 km2

50.5%

Viticulture

1.9 km2

2.4%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orjais in country Portugal

Orjais 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	74 km	EastNorthEast
2 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	88 km	West
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	91 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra da Estrela	PT	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Orjais
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orjais

Type of weather in Orjais	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam