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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.602,Lat: 43.5221
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	1:08:37am
Name province/region	Principado de Asturias
Name Subregion	Asturias
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gijón

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cimavilla	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cefontes	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 San Antonio	2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 L'Aldea	2 km	SouthWest
5 Somió	2.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	381 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Andorra	Andorra	593 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	604 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de San Andrés de los Tacones (0.5 km² at a height of around 40 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.4 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 189.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 265 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 81%, hill: 15%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 238 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Asturias Airport (at a distance of 35 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.1 km2

17.8%

Nature

3 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

57.3%

Urban area

11 km2

16.2%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Pontica in country Spain

La Pontica at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	26 km	WestSouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	69 km	West
3 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	121 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Carbayera de El Tragamón	ES	1.5 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at La Pipa

Type of weather in La Pipa	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	07:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam