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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.8013,Lat: 43.7124
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	16:00:55pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ortigueira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Porto de Espasante	1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 San Felipe	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Santa Eulalia	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 San Antonio	3.6 km	SouthWest
5 Santa Ana	3.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	503 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	563 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	747 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

San Xoán lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Ribeira (Encoro da Ribeira) (2.9 km² at a height of around 400 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 175.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 246 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 78%, hill: 16%, 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 103 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 65 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.3 km2

59.9%

Nature

3.1 km2

5.9%

Wet nature

3.2 km2

6.1%

Agriculture

12.7 km2

24.4%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of San Xoán in country Spain

San Xoán at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tower of Hercules	Spain	60 km	WestSouthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	81 km	South
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	110 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de Punta de Candelaria-Ría de Ortigueira-Estaca de Bares	ES	0.8 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa Marta de Ortigueira

Type of weather in Santa Marta de Ortigueira	light rain
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam