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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6767,Lat: 42.4385
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	21:25:00pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Poio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Coruxa	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Encoirados	0.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 O Casal	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Liñares	0.5 km	NorthEast
5 Campelo	0.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	413 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	477 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	759 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Albar lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).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 18.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 42.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 69%, hill: 22%, low mountains: 2%, 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 agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.8 km2

33%

Nature

4.3 km2

6.2%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

27.6 km2

40%

Urban area

10.1 km2

14.5%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Albar in country Spain

Albar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	50 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	102 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	107 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Lérez	ES	3.6 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Poio

Type of weather in Poio	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam