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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.5389,Lat: 37.1865
Elevation	81 meter above sea level
Local time	3:38:47am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Real de Santo António
Name	Vila Nova de Cacela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vila Nova de Cacela	1.4 km	South
2 Quinta Manuel Alves	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Barrocal	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Manta Rota	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Altura	3.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	224 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	230 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	487 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Beliche (2.7 km² at a height of around 51 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 11.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 16 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 42 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 93 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

Nature

13.1 km2

18.8%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

44.8 km2

64.5%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.3%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.8%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

2.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pocinho in country Portugal

Pocinho at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	109 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	139 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	158 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa	PT	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altura

Type of weather in Altura	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam