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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.682,Lat: 42.4055
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	3:59:23am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Meán	0.3 km	SouthEast
2 A Carballeira	0.8 km	South
3 Estribela	1 km	WestSouthWest
4 O Regueiriño	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 A Laxe	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	409 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	476 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	756 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Os Praceres lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North).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 17.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 38.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 73%, hill: 21%, 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 58 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 20 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

32.9%

Nature

3.4 km2

5.5%

Wet nature

2.3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

24.3 km2

39.3%

Urban area

10.2 km2

16.6%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Os Praceres in country Spain

Os Praceres at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	54 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	98 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	111 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Lérez	ES	6 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Poio

Type of weather in Poio	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam