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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.4351,Lat: 41.4787
Elevation	706 meter above sea level
Local time	18:05:14pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Vila Real
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Murça
Name	Jou

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zebras	4.7 km	SouthEast
2 Palheiros	7.3 km	South
3 Vales	7.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Murça	8.4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Vilares	8.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	335 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	340 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	621 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 109 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Régua (6.5 km² at a height of around 73 meter above sea level) at a distance of 34.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 36.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 97%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Trás-os-Montes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 107 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 33 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.1 km2

10.3%

Nature

40.4 km2

51.5%

Agriculture

28.3 km2

36.1%

Viticulture

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Jou in country Portugal

Jou at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	51 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	72 km	West
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	79 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	15 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Murça Municipality

Type of weather in Murça Municipality	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	08:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam