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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0645,Lat: 42.429
Elevation	406 meter above sea level
Local time	4:05:41am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Maside

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Carballiño	1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Señorín	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Arcos	1.4 km	North
4 Dacón	1.5 km	SouthEast
5 Seoane	2.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	419 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	432 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	738 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 46 km (direction West).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 Castrelo de Miño (Encoro de Castrelo do Miño) (8.1 km² at a height of around 89 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 32.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 88%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 60 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 51 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.5 km2

38.9%

Nature

12.3 km2

15.6%

Agriculture

32.8 km2

41.8%

Viticulture

0.1 km2

0.1%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Fontela in country Spain

A Fontela at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	64 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	76 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	100 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pena Veidosa	ES	12 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at O Carballiño

Type of weather in O Carballiño	few clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam