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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7472,Lat: 41.4506
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	20:32:15pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Póvoa de Varzim
Name	Estela
Other place with same name 1	Barros Continente - Braga
Other place with same name 2	Barros Continente - Porto
Other place with same name 3	Barros Continente - Faro
Other place with same name 4	Barros Cantabria - Cantabria
Other place with same name 5	Barros Canarias - Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Frinjo	0.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Urzes	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Baldoia	0.6 km	West
4 Teso	0.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Contriz	1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	303 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	444 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	663 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 47.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 48 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 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 have a rural character (very sparsely 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 23 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14 km2

21.3%

Nature

4.3 km2

6.6%

Agriculture

38.8 km2

59.3%

Urban area

6.2 km2

9.5%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barros in country Portugal

Barros at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	33 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	36 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	38 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Estela

Type of weather in Estela	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:11 Europe/Amsterdam