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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.5057,Lat: 40.2955
Elevation	853 meter above sea level
Local time	17:07:03pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Castelo Branco
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Covilhã
Name	Cantar-Galo e Vila do Carvalho

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vila do Carvalho	1.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Covilhã	2.1 km	South
3 Pouso	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Covelo	3.3 km	SouthEast
5 Teixoso	4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	221 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	326 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	500 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 105 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tajo main Lower - Zezere, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lagoa Comprida (1.2 km² at a height of around 1599 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 42.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 22%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 38%, high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 147 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.2 km2

5.3%

Nature

41.3 km2

52.6%

Agriculture

23.7 km2

30.2%

Urban area

7.4 km2

9.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cantar-Galo in country Portugal

Cantar-Galo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia	Portugal	79 km	West
2 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	84 km	EastNorthEast
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	93 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serra da Estrela	PT	1 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Covilhã Municipality

Type of weather in Covilhã Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam