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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.6032,Lat: 41.3584
Elevation	798 meter above sea level
Local time	10:18:55am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Bragança
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mogadouro
Name	Penas Roias

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sanhoane	3.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Tó	5.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Azinhoso	7.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 São Martinho do Peso	7.3 km	North
5 Mogadouro	8.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	269 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	360 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	589 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 174 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Bemposta (1.2 km² at a height of around 401 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 11.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 16 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 80%, moderate high mountains: 20%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Trás-os-Montes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 174 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 56 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.9 km2

11.4%

Nature

8 km2

10.2%

Agriculture

61.3 km2

78.1%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Variz in country Portugal

Variz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	73 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	91 km	SouthEast
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	104 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda	PT	7.6 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila de Ala

Type of weather in Vila de Ala	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam