CaminhaGeneral information - Location
| Country | Portugal | | Location in country | Center | | Location in Europe | South Europe | | Coordinates (WGS84) | Long: -8.8368,Lat: 41.8704  |
| Elevation | 20 meter above sea level | | Local time | 22:15:43pm
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| Name province/region (Continente) | Continente | | Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito) | Viana do Castelo | | Name Sub(sub)region - municipality | Caminha | | Name | Caminha (Matriz) e Vilarelho |
Nearest 5 places
| Placename |
Distance |
Direction |
| 1 São Roque | 1.3 km | 
SouthSouthEast
| | 2 Coura | 2.2 km | 
EastNorthEast
| | 3 Ribas | 2.3 km |
SouthSouthEast
| 4 O Couto 
| 2.5 km | 
NorthNorthWest
| | 5 A Pasaxe
| 2.6 km |
NorthNorthWest
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Nearest 3 capitals
| Capitalname |
Country |
Distance |
Direction |
| 1 Lisboa | Portugal | 349 km | 
SouthSouthWest
| | 2 Madrid |
Spain | 465 km | 
EastSouthEast
| | 3 Gibraltar | 
Gibraltar | 708 km |
SouthSouthEast
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Characteristics - Physical GeographyThe Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km2 at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 40.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).
The most nearby international border is the
Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1.4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.9 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 64%, hill: 19%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 43 km in NorthEastern direction).
Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)
| Forest |
11.3 km2 |
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| Nature |
22.4 km2 |
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| Wet nature |
0.9 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
14.7 km2 |
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| Urban area |
7.3 km2 |
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| Infrastructure |
0.4 km2 |
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| Rock-Sand |
0.9 km2 |
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| Water - Lakes |
10.6 km2 |
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Climate - Temperature and Precipitation
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Location of Caminha in country Portugal
Caminha at Physical map (height map)
Tourist information - Travel Guide
Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Nearest Natura2000-area
Social media - Maps
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