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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0023,Lat: 42.3704
Elevation	314 meter above sea level
Local time	1:18:48am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Punxín

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Pousa	1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Barbantes	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Trasalba	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Santa Cruz	2.5 km	South
5 A Granxa	2.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	414 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	424 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	730 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 50 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 2.8 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 28.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 19%, hill: 80%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 68 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 53 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.8 km2

30.3%

Nature

15.7 km2

20%

Agriculture

33.9 km2

43.2%

Urban area

3.8 km2

4.8%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Forxa in country Spain

A Forxa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	73 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	80 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	95 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pena Veidosa	ES	14 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Punxín

Type of weather in Punxín	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam