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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.3476,Lat: 41.6988
Elevation	792 meter above sea level
Local time	10:41:53am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Zamora
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Alcañices

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Matellanes	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 San Juan del Rebollar	5.5 km	North
3 Tola	6.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Rabanales	7.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 São Martinho de Angueira	7.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	267 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	402 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	622 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 200 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Castro (2 km² at a height of around 567 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 2.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.5 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 83%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 200 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 35 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.7 km2

21.2%

Nature

15.6 km2

19.8%

Agriculture

46.1 km2

58.6%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alcañices in country Spain

Alcañices at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	93 km	North
2 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	100 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	114 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Manzanas y afluentes	ES	4.6 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Alcañices
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcañices

Type of weather in Alcañices	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam