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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2523,Lat: 41.2522
Elevation	199 meter above sea level
Local time	14:53:12pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lousada
Name	Meinedo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pomarelho	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Casais	0.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Romariz	1 km	NorthWest
4 Sanguinha	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Ronfe	1.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	289 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	399 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	624 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 Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Torrão (3.4 km² at a height of around 64 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.7 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 62.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 87 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 21%, hill: 79%, 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 36 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.4 km2

14.5%

Nature

10.6 km2

13.4%

Agriculture

39.4 km2

50.2%

Viticulture

5.8 km2

7.4%

Urban area

9.8 km2

12.5%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Santa Catarina in country Portugal

Santa Catarina at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	22 km	North
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	33 km	West
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	35 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	19 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meinedo

Type of weather in Meinedo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	26 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	42 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam