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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7467,Lat: 40.6318
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	6:01:50am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Aveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ílhavo
Name	Gafanha da Nazaré

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Costa Nova do Prado	2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Gafanha da Encarnação	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Gafanha da Nazaré	3.3 km	East
4 São Jacinto	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Colónia Agrícola	4.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	213 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	431 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	584 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia da Barra lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Pateira de Fermentelos (2.3 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 138.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 194 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 78%, low location: 22%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 69 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7 km2

15.8%

Nature

0.7 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

7.6 km2

17.2%

Urban area

11.4 km2

25.9%

Infrastructure

3.1 km2

7.1%

Rock-Sand

3.1 km2

Water - Lakes

9.9 km2

22.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia da Barra in country Portugal

Praia da Barra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	55 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	57 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	95 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Aveiro	PT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gafanha da Encarnação

Type of weather in Gafanha da Encarnação	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam