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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.8691,Lat: 43.6545
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	11:19:12am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ortigueira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Nogueirido	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Santiago	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Veiga	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 A Ponte de Mera	3.5 km	NorthWest
5 Ortigueira	3.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	503 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	555 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	755 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Santa María lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction NorthNorthWest).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 19 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 168.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 236 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 61%, hill: 34%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 95 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 56 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.2 km2

53.7%

Nature

6.3 km2

Wet nature

7 km2

8.9%

Agriculture

20.3 km2

25.8%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

2.4 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa María in country Spain

Santa María at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tower of Hercules	Spain	52 km	WestSouthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	76 km	South
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	101 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ortigueira - Mera	ES	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ortigueira

Type of weather in Ortigueira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam