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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -17.1193,Lat: 32.7024
Elevation	343 meter above sea level
Local time	21:09:15pm
At island	Madeira
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Name Subregion	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponta do Sol
Name	Canhas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salões	0.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Achada e Levada do Poiso	0.7 km	NorthEast
3 Vale e Cova do Pico	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Outeiro	0.8 km	South
5 Lombo do Meio	0.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	964 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1139 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1453 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Poiso lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1002.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1403 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 10%, hill: 27%, low mountains: 31%, moderate high mountains: 30%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 517 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 33 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.6 km2

31.4%

Nature

10.1 km2

20.3%

Agriculture

12.2 km2

24.6%

Urban area

11.8 km2

23.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Poiso in country Portugal

Poiso at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	13 km	EastNorthEast
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	475 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	491 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Moledos - Madalena do Mar	PT	1.6 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arco da Calheta

Type of weather in Arco da Calheta	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam