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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7925,Lat: 42.127
Elevation	63 meter above sea level
Local time	17:29:46pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nigrán

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Tinde	0.5 km	East
2 Vilariño de Arriba	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 A Laxe	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 A Area	1 km	South
5 As Tomadas	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	378 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	472 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	732 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 15.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 75%, hill: 18%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 18 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.7 km2

39.9%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

27.3 km2

39.5%

Urban area

12.1 km2

17.5%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Carrasca in country Spain

A Carrasca 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	73 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	86 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	87 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
A Ramallosa	ES	2 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Parada

Type of weather in Parada	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam