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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3583,Lat: 41.4989
Elevation	173 meter above sea level
Local time	4:22:41am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guimarães
Name	Sande (São Martinho)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gaias	0.7 km	SouthEast
2 Cimo de Vila	0.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Rechã	1.4 km	NorthEast
4 Caldelas das Taipas	1.4 km	SouthEast
5 Pedrais	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	313 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	414 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	652 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 35 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 38.7 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 49%, hill: 48%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 38 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.9 km2

24%

Nature

17.8 km2

22.7%

Agriculture

32.7 km2

41.6%

Viticulture

0.9 km2

1.1%

Urban area

7.6 km2

9.7%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pontes in country Portugal

Pontes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	6.5 km	North
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	8.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	45 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	19 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Caldelas

Type of weather in Caldelas	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam