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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2751,Lat: 42.213
Elevation	579 meter above sea level
Local time	14:16:54pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cañiza, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Miñoteira	4.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 O Temperán	5.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Melón	7.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 A Ermida	7.4 km	NorthWest
5 Santiago de Covelo	7.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	392 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	436 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	722 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 29 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Frieira (Encoro de Frieira) (9.9 km² at a height of around 68 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 8.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 28%, low mountains: 59%, moderate high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 29 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.6 km2

17.4%

Nature

51 km2

65%

Agriculture

13.3 km2

16.9%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Cañiza in country Spain

A Cañiza at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	73 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	78 km	North
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	85 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Baixo Miño	ES	4.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB A Cañiza
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at A Cañiza

Type of weather in A Cañiza	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam