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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.2718,Lat: 42.4754
Elevation	491 meter above sea level
Local time	5:24:06am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Lugo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quiroga

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pacios de Mondelo	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 San Xulián de Abaixo	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 San Clodio	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Salcedo	9.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 O Campo	11.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	380 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	442 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	723 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 111 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Montefurado (Encoro de Montefurado) (2.1 km² at a height of around 291 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cabeza de Manzaneda with a height of 1778 meter (at a distance of 24.4 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 55.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 77 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 53%, low mountains: 41%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 84 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.2 km2

16.8%

Nature

47.1 km2

60%

Agriculture

13.8 km2

17.5%

Viticulture

2.3 km2

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quiroga in country Spain

Quiroga at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	41 km	EastSouthEast
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	64 km	North
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	114 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ancares - Courel	ES	2.2 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Quiroga

Type of weather in Quiroga	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	32 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam