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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7444,Lat: 42.1959
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	14:40:08pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vilar	0.3 km	East
2 Os Cocheiros	0.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 A Igrexa	0.8 km	NorthEast
4 Ribás	0.8 km	NorthEast
5 O Pazo	0.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	386 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	471 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	737 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 18.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 61%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 10 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.4 km2

34.3%

Nature

2.2 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

9.4 km2

13.8%

Urban area

31.6 km2

46.3%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balsa in country Spain

Balsa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	78 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	78 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	92 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	4.5 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Coia

Type of weather in Coia	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam