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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9982,Lat: 42.3484
Elevation	129 meter above sea level
Local time	17:15:35pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ourense

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Granxa	0.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Barbantes	1.1 km	NorthWest
3 A Barca de Barbantes	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 A Forxa	2.5 km	North
5 Trasalba	2.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	411 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	423 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	728 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 51 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Castrelo de Miño (Encoro de Castrelo do Miño) (8.1 km² at a height of around 89 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 26.9 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 31%, hill: 69%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 70 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 53 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.2 km2

33.3%

Nature

20.7 km2

26.4%

Agriculture

26.3 km2

33.5%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Water - Lakes

2.6 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Cruz in country Spain

Santa Cruz 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	NorthNorthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	82 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	93 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pena Veidosa	ES	17 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Santa Cruz
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Punxín

Type of weather in Punxín	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam