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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7903,Lat: 42.4886
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	17:17:21pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribadumia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Carrasqueira	0.9 km	North
2 O Mosqueiro	0.9 km	East
3 Caponiñas	1.2 km	East
4 Baltar	1.2 km	NorthWest
5 A Bouza	1.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	418 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	488 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	768 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthWest).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 29.4 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 50.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 71 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 73%, hill: 13%, 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 agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.7 km2

23.7%

Nature

3.1 km2

4.4%

Wet nature

6 km2

8.5%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

55%

Urban area

3.9 km2

5.4%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Barroso in country Spain

O Barroso at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	48 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	104 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	110 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Complexo Ons - O Grove	ES	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quintáns

Type of weather in Quintáns	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam