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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6396,Lat: 42.3999
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	14:42:18pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Pazo	0.3 km	North
2 A Carballa	0.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 O Pobo	0.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 O Carramal	0.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Cabanas	1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	409 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	473 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	754 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 37.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 52 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 64%, hill: 31%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 19 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.6 km2

28.5%

Nature

12.9 km2

17%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

27.5 km2

36.3%

Urban area

11 km2

14.4%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Cancela in country Spain

A Cancela at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	54 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	97 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	111 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Enseada de San Simón	ES	4.7 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Marcón

Type of weather in Marcón	fog
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam