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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0101,Lat: 41.5064
Elevation	361 meter above sea level
Local time	1:57:06am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cabeceiras de Basto
Name	Refojos de Basto, Outeiro e Painzela
Other place with same name 1	Cancela Continente - Viseu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cal de Campos	0.8 km	NorthEast
2 Esqueiro	1 km	North
3 Cabeceiras de Basto	1.4 km	East
4 Paneladas	1.4 km	NorthWest
5 Paçô	1.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	321 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	386 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	641 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 64 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 Ermal (1.7 km² at a height of around 335 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 34.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 48 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 66%, low mountains: 32%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Montes entre Larouco e Marão

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 63 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 36 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.6 km2

21.1%

Nature

27.4 km2

34.9%

Agriculture

31.5 km2

40.1%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cancela in country Portugal

Cancela at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	24 km	West
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	31 km	WestNorthWest
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	49 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	14 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Refojos de Basto

Type of weather in Refojos de Basto	moderate rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	08:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:03 Europe/Amsterdam