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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5092,Lat: 42.8654
Elevation	304 meter above sea level
Local time	14:15:04pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Santiago de Compostela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Igrexario	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 A Devesa	0.8 km	SouthWest
3 Piñeiro	2.2 km	SouthWest
4 Agra Dos Campos	2.2 km	NorthEast
5 Bornais	2.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	462 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	489 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	797 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction SouthWest).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 16 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 83.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 117 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 14%, hill: 86%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 8.4 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 50 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.4 km2

19.6%

Nature

17.9 km2

22.8%

Agriculture

34.2 km2

43.5%

Urban area

11.1 km2

14.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Torre Branca in country Spain

A Torre Branca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	3.4 km	NorthWest
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	58 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	79 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Tambre	ES	5.8 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santiago de Compostela

Type of weather in Santiago de Compostela	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam