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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5718,Lat: 41.5583
Elevation	83 meter above sea level
Local time	4:18:54am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Galegos (São Martinho)
Other place with same name 1	Penelas Continente - Braga
Other place with same name 2	Penelas Continente - Braga - Vila Nova de Famalicão
Other place with same name 3	Penelas Galicia - Coruña, A
Other place with same name 4	Penelas Galicia - Lugo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Souto de Oleiros	0.6 km	North
2 Casas Novas	0.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Gandarinha	0.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Traz da Fonte	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Santo Amaro	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	317 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	433 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	666 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.1 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 42.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 94%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 35 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.6 km2

27.5%

Nature

3.1 km2

Agriculture

39 km2

49.7%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.2%

Urban area

10.8 km2

13.8%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Penelas in country Portugal

Penelas 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	16 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	27 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	46 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	17 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Galegos

Type of weather in Galegos	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	08:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:06 Europe/Amsterdam