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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6687,Lat: 42.2137
Elevation	204 meter above sea level
Local time	10:03:01am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 As Fontiñas	0.6 km	North
2 Becerreira	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 O Arieiro	1 km	West
4 Alza	1 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Xestoso	1.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	388 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	466 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	736 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 20 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 18.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 55%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.4 km2

36.2%

Agriculture

22.5 km2

28.7%

Urban area

25.4 km2

32.4%

Infrastructure

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Gorxal in country Spain

O Gorxal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	75 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	78 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	92 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Enseada de San Simón	ES	6.9 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tameiga

Type of weather in Tameiga	fog
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam