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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1844,Lat: 43.598
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	23:00:23pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valdoviño

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Gándara	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Broño	1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 O Outeiro	1.3 km	East
4 O Canto do Muro	1.7 km	South
5 Montefaro	2.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	517 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	545 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	775 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Taraza lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eume (Encoro de Eume) (6.3 km² at a height of around 320 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 160.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 225 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 88%, hill: 6%, 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 80 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 36 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.2 km2

26.9%

Nature

8.8 km2

19.3%

Agriculture

20.4 km2

45%

Urban area

1 km2

2.2%

Rock-Sand

2.3 km2

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Taraza in country Spain

Taraza at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tower of Hercules	Spain	29 km	SouthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	84 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	85 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Ártabra	ES	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Valdoviño

Type of weather in Valdoviño	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam