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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7257,Lat: 42.1715
Elevation	264 meter above sea level
Local time	5:06:13am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Garrida	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 A Igrexa	0.8 km	NorthEast
3 O Portal	1 km	EastNorthEast
4 A Gándara	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 A Sobreira	1.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	383 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	468 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	734 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthWest).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 26.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 15.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 38%, hill: 57%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 10 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.8 km2

50.7%

Nature

6 km2

7.6%

Agriculture

16.2 km2

20.7%

Urban area

16.3 km2

20.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of As Barrocas in country Spain

As Barrocas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	75 km	South
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	80 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	89 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	6.8 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vincios

Type of weather in Vincios	fog
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam