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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3945,Lat: 41.632
Elevation	89 meter above sea level
Local time	18:07:30pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Amares
Name	Carrazedo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pilar	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Olheiros	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Passos	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Além	1.5 km	South
5 Cova	1.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	327 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	421 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	667 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 34 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 13.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 27.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 91%, hill: 8%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 48 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.3 km2

19.5%

Nature

4.4 km2

5.6%

Agriculture

43.4 km2

55.2%

Viticulture

4.9 km2

6.2%

Urban area

9.6 km2

12.2%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Faia in country Portugal

Faia 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	8.7 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	23 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	57 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	9.7 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rendufe

Type of weather in Rendufe	light rain
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:07 Europe/Amsterdam