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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0644,Lat: 40.6762
Elevation	444 meter above sea level
Local time	7:57:53am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vouzela
Name	Queirã

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Queirã	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Igarei	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vila Chã do Monte	2.6 km	South
4 Loumão	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Sacorelhe	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	233 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	374 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	559 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 47 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Fagilde (0.8 km² at a height of around 309 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 102.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 143 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 51%, low mountains: 38%, moderate high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 16 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.3 km2

51.2%

Nature

16.6 km2

21.1%

Agriculture

19.7 km2

25%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vasconha in country Portugal

Vasconha at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	52 km	NorthEast
2 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	60 km	SouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	70 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cambarinho	PT	11 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Covas

Type of weather in Covas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam