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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.081,Lat: 41.2725
Elevation	121 meter above sea level
Local time	4:19:33am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Amarante
Name	Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Venda Nova	1.7 km	East
2 Chãos	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Eira Nova	2.2 km	West
4 Igreja	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Frariz	2.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	295 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	385 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	620 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 51 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Torrão (3.4 km² at a height of around 64 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 59.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 83 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 38%, hill: 62%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 30 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.8 km2

22.7%

Nature

11.6 km2

14.8%

Agriculture

40.9 km2

52.1%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Urban area

7.1 km2

9.1%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Amarante in country Portugal

Amarante at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	26 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	31 km	SouthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	40 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	4.7 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Amarante

Type of weather in Amarante	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	08:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam