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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.8933,Lat: 43.6788
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	10:17:17am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ortigueira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Ponte de Mera	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Santa María	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Ortigueira	3.4 km	East
4 O Nogueirido	3.5 km	SouthEast
5 Santiago	4.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	506 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	558 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	754 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Veiga lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction South).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 22.2 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 170.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 239 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 54%, hill: 38%, low mountains: 1%, 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 96 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 57 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.3 km2

40.2%

Nature

13.2 km2

17%

Wet nature

8.4 km2

10.8%

Agriculture

20.3 km2

26%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

3 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veiga in country Spain

Veiga 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	80 km	South
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	103 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ría de Ortigueira e Ladrido	ES	0 km	East

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	07:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam