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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7461,Lat: 41.5421
Elevation	85 meter above sea level
Local time	17:37:45pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Esposende
Name	Palmeira de Faro e Curvos
Other place with same name 1	Faro Continente - Faro
Other place with same name 2	Faro Comunitat Valenciana - Valencia/València
Other place with same name 3	Faro Liguria - Savona

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santa Baia	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Barral	0.8 km	SouthWest
3 Terroso	1 km	East
4 Eira D'Ana	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Susão	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	314 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	447 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	672 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 de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 43.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 38.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 74%, hill: 9%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 33 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.1 km2

41%

Nature

3.4 km2

4.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

26.1 km2

35.6%

Urban area

9.6 km2

13%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Faro in country Portugal

Faro 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	31 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	40 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	46 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	3.1 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Palmeira de Faro

Type of weather in Palmeira de Faro	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:10 Europe/Amsterdam