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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7246,Lat: 41.4732
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	0:54:17am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Barqueiros

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Telheiras	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Lagoa Negra	0.9 km	SouthWest
3 Criaz	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Aldeia	1.6 km	East
5 Casas Novas	1.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	306 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	443 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	664 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 45.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 46 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 64 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 83%, 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 25 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.6 km2

28.2%

Nature

3.8 km2

Agriculture

43.2 km2

56.3%

Urban area

5.4 km2

7.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cruzinhas in country Portugal

Cruzinhas 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	30 km	East
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	36 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	38 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	3.9 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:46 Europe/Amsterdam