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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8416,Lat: 42.4038
Elevation	80 meter above sea level
Local time	10:30:30am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sanxenxo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barbeito	0.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vistalegre	1.1 km	SouthEast
3 Aios	1.5 km	NorthWest
4 Baltar	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Portonovo	1.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	409 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	488 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	761 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Arra lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).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 29.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 43.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 90%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly western orientated. 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 64 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 26 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.5 km2

32.7%

Nature

1.7 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

20.7 km2

54.1%

Urban area

2.6 km2

6.7%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arra in country Spain

Arra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	58 km	NorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	103 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	114 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	0.9 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sanxenxo

Type of weather in Sanxenxo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	07:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam