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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3471,Lat: 41.5572
Elevation	418 meter above sea level
Local time	2:16:29am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Braga
Name	Sobreposta
Other place with same name 1	Sandim Continente - Porto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Costa	0.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Outeiro	0.9 km	SouthEast
3 Cachada	2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Cruz do Outeiro	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Regadas	3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	320 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	415 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	658 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 37 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 14.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 32.5 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 15%, hill: 81%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 44 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.6 km2

27.6%

Nature

25.2 km2

32.1%

Agriculture

21.4 km2

27.3%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

8.9 km2

11.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandim in country Portugal

Sandim 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	2.5 km	West
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	13 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	51 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	13 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Senhora da Rocha

Type of weather in Senhora da Rocha	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	08:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam