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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.9224,Lat: 42.7056
Elevation	780 meter above sea level
Local time	14:23:05pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Balboa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vega de Valcarce	4.9 km	SouthWest
2 Trabadelo	7.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Pedrafita do Cebreiro	8.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Barjas	11.4 km	SouthWest
5 Villafranca del Bierzo	14.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	373 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	476 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	694 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 94 km (direction North).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 Campañana (0.8 km² at a height of around 527 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Rubia with a height of 1822 meter (at a distance of 7.8 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 79.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 80%, high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 124 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 96 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38 km2

48.4%

Nature

30 km2

38.1%

Agriculture

10 km2

12.7%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balboa in country Spain

Balboa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	29 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	62 km	NorthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	81 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ancares - Courel	ES	4.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balboa

Type of weather in Balboa	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	41 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam