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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7606,Lat: 42.5901
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	1:24:53am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilagarcía de Arousa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cornazo de Abaixo	0.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 A Laxe	0.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Vilagarcía	0.8 km	North
4 A Cruz	1 km	South
5 Paradela de Arriba	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	429 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	491 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	777 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

As Bocas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km² at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 60.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 85 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 85%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 44 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 42 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.7 km2

45%

Nature

3.2 km2

5.2%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

22.6 km2

36.6%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Urban area

6.9 km2

11.2%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of As Bocas in country Spain

As Bocas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	37 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	93 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	108 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	5.5 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilagarcía de Arousa

Type of weather in Vilagarcía de Arousa	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam