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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8179,Lat: 42.1278
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	19:52:22pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nigrán

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gaifar	0.3 km	NorthEast
2 Os Cotros	0.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 O Viso	0.5 km	SouthEast
4 O Monte Lourido	0.9 km	SouthWest
5 A Ramallosa	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	378 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	474 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	733 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

A Praia América lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 35.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 17.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 80%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 91 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 19 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.8 km2

34.5%

Nature

0.7 km2

1.3%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

22.5 km2

39.1%

Urban area

12.9 km2

22.4%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Praia América in country Spain

A Praia América 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	74 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	86 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	88 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	0.2 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at A Ramallosa

Type of weather in A Ramallosa	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam