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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7439,Lat: 42.5873
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	9:00:58am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilagarcía de Arousa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Perrón	0.4 km	SouthWest
2 A Bouza	0.7 km	South
3 Barbeitos	0.7 km	SouthEast
4 O Vento	0.8 km	NorthEast
5 Abelle	0.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	429 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	490 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	776 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Barrié de la Maza (Encoro de Barrié de la Maza) (5.2 km² at a height of around 248 meter above sea level) at a distance of 30.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 59.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 84%, hill: 12%, 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 forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 43 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 41 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.5 km2

44.3%

Nature

4 km2

5.6%

Agriculture

27.8 km2

39.1%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

6.8 km2

9.5%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Congostra in country Spain

A Congostra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	36 km	NorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	93 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	107 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sistema fluvial Ulla - Deza	ES	6.7 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilagarcía de Arousa

Type of weather in Vilagarcía de Arousa	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:07 Europe/Amsterdam