Gança

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -27.9752,Lat: 38.6046
Elevation	258 meter above sea level
Local time	19:54:53pm
At island	Sao-jorge
Name province/region	Região Autónoma Dos Açores
Name Subregion	Ilha de São Jorge
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Calheta de São Jorge
Name	Ribeira Seca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Caminhos Novos	0.6 km	West
2 Silveira	0.6 km	North
3 Rua de Baixo	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Calheta	3.7 km	NorthWest
5 Biscoitos	5.2 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1632 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2027 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	2080 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gança lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Pico da Esperança (Fissure vent) at a distance of 10.7 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1642.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2299 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 16%, hill: 44%, low mountains: 39%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is .
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport João Paulo II Airport (at a distance of 226 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is São Jorge Airport (at a distance of 19 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gança in country Portugal

Gança at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	Portugal	49 km	WestNorthWest
2 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores	Portugal	65 km	EastSouthEast
3 Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1217 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa NE e Ponta do Topo - Ilha de S. Jorge	PT	2.9 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Gança
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Azores

Type of weather in Azores	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	13 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	09:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:38 Europe/Amsterdam