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Vila Praia de Âncora

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8624,Lat: 41.813
Elevation	43 meter above sea level
Local time	10:45:41am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Caminha
Name	Vila Praia de Âncora

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Póvoa	1.4 km	North
2 Baralha	1.5 km	SouthEast
3 Igreja	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Lage	2.3 km	South
5 Aspra	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	343 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	465 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	703 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vila Praia de Âncora lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). 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 42.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 6.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.2 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 69%, hill: 24%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 65 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14 km2

30%

Nature

13.8 km2

29.6%

Agriculture

9.8 km2

21%

Urban area

7.1 km2

15.2%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vila Praia de Âncora in country Portugal

Vila Praia de Âncora 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	50 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	63 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	78 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	0.1 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vila Praia de Âncora

Type of weather in Vila Praia de Âncora	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam