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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6319,Lat: 40.5473
Elevation	61 meter above sea level
Local time	9:42:19am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Aveiro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vagos
Name	Sosa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salgueiro	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sosa	2 km	West
3 Boco	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Carregosa	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Lavandeira	2.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	206 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	421 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	571 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake is Pateira de Fermentelos (2.3 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 136.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 191 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, 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
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30 km2

38.2%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

36.1 km2

46%

Viticulture

2.3 km2

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fontão in country Portugal

Fontão 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	42 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	66 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	92 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria de Aveiro	PT	3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sosa

Type of weather in Sosa	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam