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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3932,Lat: 37.1997
Elevation	68 meter above sea level
Local time	19:35:55pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Silves
Name	Silves

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pedreira de Santo Estêvão	1.8 km	North
2 Pinheiro e Garrado	1.8 km	NorthWest
3 Poço Barreto	3.7 km	South
4 Silves	4.3 km	West
5 Cerro de São Miguel	4.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	183 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	300 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	539 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 11 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Arade (1.3 km² at a height of around 60 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 85.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 119 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, hill: 0%, 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 44 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 18 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.4 km2

8.2%

Nature

13.5 km2

17.1%

Agriculture

56.4 km2

71.8%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Torre e Cercas in country Portugal

Torre e Cercas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	157 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	182 km	North
3 Doñana National Park	Spain	185 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Arade / Odelouca	PT	0.7 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Silves

Type of weather in Silves	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	13 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam