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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.863,Lat: 41.9081
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	1:46:42am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guarda, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salcidos	0.2 km	NorthEast
2 Netos	0.2 km	SouthWest
3 O Coruto Vello	0.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 A Portela	0.4 km	SouthEast
5 O Castro	0.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	353 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	468 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	712 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Buxán lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 43.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 2.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.8 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 72%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 41 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12 km2

22.1%

Nature

11.1 km2

20.4%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

14.9 km2

27.5%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.6%

Urban area

4.4 km2

8.1%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

10.7 km2

19.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Buxán in country Spain

Buxán 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	57 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	71 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	88 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Baixo Miño	ES	1 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at A Guarda

Type of weather in A Guarda	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.48 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam