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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7796,Lat: 41.6269
Elevation	115 meter above sea level
Local time	17:00:50pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Viana do Castelo
Name	São Romão de Neiva

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gandara	0.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Aldeia de Cima	0.8 km	SouthEast
3 Santiago	1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Pedreira	1.1 km	NorthEast
5 Aldeia de Baixo	1.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	323 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	452 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	681 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 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 40.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 28.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 91%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly western 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 43 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19 km2

28.1%

Nature

6.8 km2

10%

Agriculture

27 km2

39.9%

Viticulture

0.1 km2

0.1%

Urban area

11.8 km2

17.4%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

1.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pontelha in country Portugal

Pontelha 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	35 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	46 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	56 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	2.7 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Areia

Type of weather in Areia	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:10 Europe/Amsterdam