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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4135,Lat: 41.7893
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	20:27:23pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponte da Barca
Name	Ponte da Barca, V.N. Muía, Paço Vedro Magalhães

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Prova	2.7 km	North
2 Souto	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Bemposta	4.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Cabo	4.6 km	South
5 Laranjeira	5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	344 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	428 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	684 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 36 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. 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 5.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 19.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 57%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 10%, 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
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.5 km2

18.5%

Nature

18.1 km2

23%

Agriculture

42.3 km2

53.9%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ponte da Barca in country Portugal

Ponte da Barca 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	26 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	40 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	74 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Lima	PT	0 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Paço Vedro de Magalhães

Type of weather in Paço Vedro de Magalhães	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	07:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:45 Europe/Amsterdam