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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -17.1491,Lat: 32.7349
Elevation	588 meter above sea level
Local time	4:59:12am
At island	Madeira
Name province/region (Região Autónoma)	Região Autónoma Da Madeira
Wiki-website Subregion (Ilha)	Ilha da Madeira
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Calheta
Name	Arco da Calheta
Other place with same name 1	Faias Continente - Setúbal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Florenças e Sumagre	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lombo do Brasil	1.1 km	NorthWest
3 Cales e Chada	1.1 km	South
4 Lombo da Atouguia	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Lombo do Doutor	1.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	964 km	EastNorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1140 km	East
3 Madrid	Spain	1453 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthWest).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1002.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1404 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 5%, hill: 20%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 45%, high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 521 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (at a distance of 36 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.9 km2

35.5%

Nature

17.1 km2

26.5%

Agriculture

13.4 km2

20.7%

Urban area

11.2 km2

17.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Faias in country Portugal

Faias at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	14 km	East
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	479 km	South
3 Teide National Park	Spain	495 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maciço Montanhoso Central da Ilha da Madeira	PT	2.5 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Arco da Calheta

Type of weather in Arco da Calheta	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:04 Europe/Amsterdam