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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8746,Lat: 41.9015
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	14:15:25pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guarda, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Netos	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Sete Camiños	1.1 km	NorthEast
3 Buxán	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 O Coruto Vello	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Salcidos	1.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	353 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	469 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	712 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

A Guarda lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 44.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 3.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.5 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 70%, hill: 10%, 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 forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.5 km2

23.8%

Nature

8.6 km2

19.5%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

10.4 km2

23.7%

Urban area

3.8 km2

8.6%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

9.7 km2

22%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Guarda in country Spain

A Guarda 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	57 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	71 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	88 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Baixo Miño	ES	1.8 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at A Guarda

Type of weather in A Guarda	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam