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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8651,Lat: 41.8257
Elevation	65 meter above sea level
Local time	23:15:17pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Caminha
Name	Vila Praia de Âncora

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vila Praia de Âncora	1.4 km	South
2 Santana	1.6 km	North
3 Baralha	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Fontela	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Igreja	2.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	344 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	465 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	704 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Póvoa lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 42.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 5.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.2 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 72%, hill: 20%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 66 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.7 km2

30.8%

Nature

12.8 km2

28.9%

Agriculture

9.1 km2

20.5%

Urban area

5.9 km2

13.4%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Póvoa in country Portugal

Póvoa 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	51 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	64 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	79 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	0.6 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila Praia de Âncora

Type of weather in Vila Praia de Âncora	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam