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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1232,Lat: 37.1193
Elevation	60 meter above sea level
Local time	1:44:09am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Loulé
Name	Boliqueime

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Conseguinte	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Monte Poço	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Terras Ruivas	1.5 km	West
4 Maritenda	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Monte João Preto	1.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	201 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	274 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	527 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Funcho (2.8 km² at a height of around 95 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 62.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 88 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 86%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 18 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 41 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Nature

8.3 km2

10.7%

Agriculture

53.6 km2

68.4%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benfarras in country Portugal

Benfarras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	159 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	161 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	192 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ribeira de Quarteira	PT	5.1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fonte de Boliqueime

Type of weather in Fonte de Boliqueime	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1031 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	08:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:17 Europe/Amsterdam