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Praia (Continente)

Praia

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6475,Lat: 40.9575
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	1:18:32am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Aveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ovar
Name	Esmoriz
Other place with same name 1	Praia Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha da Graciosa
Other place with same name 2	Praia Região Autónoma Dos Açores - Ilha do Faial
Other place with same name 3	Praia Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 4	Praia Região Autónoma Da Madeira - Ilha da Madeira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Turquia	0.9 km	East
2 Vinha	1.4 km	East
3 Agueiro de Baixo	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Matosinhos de Baixo	1.5 km	SouthEast
5 Quintãs	1.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	250 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	426 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	611 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Praia lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero coastal catchments, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake is Lagoa de Paramos (0.8 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 103 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 144 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Área Metro. do Porto (AMP)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 32 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.8 km2

41.3%

Nature

0.5 km2

Agriculture

5 km2

11%

Urban area

16 km2

35.1%

Infrastructure

2.4 km2

5.3%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Praia in country Portugal

Praia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	21 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	61 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	70 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrinha de Esmoriz	PT	0.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Praia
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