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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.8775,Lat: 42.0452
Elevation	749 meter above sea level
Local time	3:37:22am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rairiz de Veiga

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Lourenzo	3.5 km	South
2 Forxa	3.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Paradela de Abeleda	4.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 A Saínza de Abaixo	4.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Rairiz de Veiga	5.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	381 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	398 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	693 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 67 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de las Conchas (7.1 km² at a height of around 550 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 13.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 18 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 71%, moderate high mountains: 29%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 66 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.2 km2

9.1%

Nature

36.8 km2

46.9%

Agriculture

34.6 km2

44%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Congostro in country Spain

Congostro 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	68 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	75 km	SouthWest
3 Las Médulas	Spain	102 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
A Limia	ES	0.7 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Porqueira

Type of weather in Porqueira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	07:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam