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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.6853,Lat: 40.9991
Elevation	795 meter above sea level
Local time	4:02:35am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Salamanca
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Villamayor

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Anantapur	0.4 km	West
2 Villamayor	0.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 El Helmántico	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 El Helmántico	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Aldeaseca de Armuña	2.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	182 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	385 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	538 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 248 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Portugal.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Medium - Tormes, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Villagonzalo (1.6 km² at a height of around 807 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 68.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 41%, moderate high mountains: 59%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 190 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salamanca Airport (at a distance of 16 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.7%

Nature

5.6 km2

7.1%

Agriculture

53.9 km2

68.6%

Urban area

15.4 km2

19.6%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Las Canteras in country Spain

Las Canteras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	4.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	88 km	West
3 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	92 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Tormes y afluentes	ES	8.6 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Villamayor

Type of weather in Villamayor	few clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	07:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam