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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8377,Lat: 38.607
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	1:48:16am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Setúbal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmela
Name	Palmela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Biscaia	2.1 km	SouthWest
2 Lau	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Arraiados	2.6 km	NorthWest
4 Vale de Marmelos	3 km	West
5 Vale da Vila	3.7 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	29 km	NorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	417 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	485 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sado and Mira. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Venda Velha (1.6 km² at a height of around 14 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 133.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 187 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is viticulture.

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

Name
Terras do Sado

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 33 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

18.6%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

17 km2

21.6%

Viticulture

42.1 km2

53.6%

Urban area

3.1 km2

3.9%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Areias Gordas in country Portugal

Areias Gordas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	35 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	55 km	NorthWest
3 Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)	Portugal	57 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuário do Sado	PT	6.6 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Palmela Municipality

Type of weather in Palmela Municipality	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:16 Europe/Amsterdam