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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.5708,Lat: 42.8069
Elevation	941 meter above sea level
Local time	14:55:16pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Páramo del Sil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sorbeda del Sil	1.7 km	East
2 Lillo del Bierzo	4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bárcena de la Abadía	5.3 km	West
4 Otero de Naraguantes	5.4 km	SouthWest
5 Santa Cruz del Sil	5.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	361 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	498 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	665 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 82 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Matalavilla (1.8 km² at a height of around 960 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Miro (El) with a height of 1990 meter (at a distance of 10.3 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 92.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 129 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 89%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 151 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 79 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24 km2

30.5%

Nature

29.9 km2

38.1%

Agriculture

10.3 km2

13.1%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Argayo in country Spain

Argayo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	41 km	SouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	60 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	84 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de los Ancares	ES	0.1 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sorbeda

Type of weather in Sorbeda	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam