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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4772,Lat: 41.5845
Elevation	19 meter above sea level
Local time	3:27:06am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Braga
Name	Merelim (São Paio), Panoias e Parada de Tibães

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bouça	0.5 km	East
2 Verdes	0.6 km	SouthWest
3 Sobrado	0.9 km	South
4 Estirão	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Agrafonte/ Resende	1.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	321 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	426 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	665 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 27 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 21.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 36.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 98%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 41 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.1 km2

20.5%

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

38.4 km2

48.9%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.2%

Urban area

16.2 km2

20.6%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ruães in country Portugal

Ruães 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	9 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	22 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	50 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	18 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Prado

Type of weather in Prado	moderate rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	08:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam