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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2888,Lat: 37.0794
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	16:47:19pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Albufeira
Name	Albufeira e Olhos de Água
Other place with same name 1	Sesmarias Continente - Faro
Other place with same name 2	Sesmarias Continente - Faro - Lagoa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Patroves	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Cerro de Águia	1.6 km	NorthEast
3 Vale Rebelho	2.6 km	NorthWest
4 Vale da Ursa	2.7 km	North
5 Vale da Parra	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	199 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	286 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	541 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sesmarias lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Arade (1.3 km² at a height of around 60 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.4 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 78.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 109 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 30 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 28 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

1.4%

Nature

0.9 km2

2.4%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

23.5 km2

62.6%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

1.4%

Urban area

8 km2

21.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sesmarias in country Portugal

Sesmarias at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	168 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	174 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	198 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrocal	PT	7.9 km	NorthNorthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Sesmarias
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Albufeira

Type of weather in Albufeira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	08:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:19 Europe/Amsterdam