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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7538,Lat: 42.5781
Elevation	38 meter above sea level
Local time	18:18:26pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilagarcía de Arousa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Cruz	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Revelle	0.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 O Coruxo	0.8 km	West
4 Perrón	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Paradela de Arriba	0.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	428 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	490 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	776 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km² at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 31.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 59 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 83 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 89%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly western 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 45 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 40 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.7 km2

41.2%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

31.1 km2

44.6%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

7 km2

10.1%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Galufa in country Spain

A Galufa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	37 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	94 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	109 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	5.9 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilagarcía de Arousa

Type of weather in Vilagarcía de Arousa	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam