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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.9938,Lat: 42.5579
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	8:39:36am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribeira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Frións	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Artes	2.3 km	North
3 Carreira	2.3 km	West
4 O Vilar	2.4 km	West
5 Castiñeiras	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	425 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	507 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	782 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Santa Uxía de Ribeira lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km² at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 37.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 64.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 60 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 48 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12 km2

27.4%

Nature

5.9 km2

13.6%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

17.7 km2

40.5%

Urban area

3.4 km2

7.8%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

2.6 km2

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Uxía de Ribeira in country Spain

Santa Uxía de Ribeira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	51 km	EastNorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	103 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	123 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	0.6 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carreira

Type of weather in Carreira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	07:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam