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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.1059,Lat: 43.1838
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	22:27:22pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Camariñas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Camelle	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Santa Mariña	1.7 km	West
3 Braño	4.2 km	South
4 Mórdomo	4.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 A Ponte do Porto	5.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	495 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	549 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	849 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Arou lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Fervenza (Encoro da Fervenza) (13.2 km² at a height of around 285 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.9 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 132.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 186 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 88%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 60 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.8 km2

15.4%

Nature

31 km2

70%

Agriculture

4.8 km2

10.7%

Urban area

0.5 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arou in country Spain

Arou at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	57 km	SouthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	61 km	East
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	128 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de la Costa da Morte	ES	0.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Camariñas

Type of weather in Camariñas	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam