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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.0265,Lat: 42.4313
Elevation	464 meter above sea level
Local time	5:07:13am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilamartín de Valdeorras
Other place with same name 1	A Portela Galicia - Coruña, A
Other place with same name 2	A Portela Galicia - Pontevedra
Other place with same name 3	A Portela Galicia - Pontevedra - Guarda, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Córgomo	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 A Proba	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Arcos	2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Veigamuíños	2.5 km	SouthEast
5 Valdegodos	2.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	361 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	445 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	704 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 124 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de San Martín (Encoro de San Martiño) (3 km² at a height of around 296 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 49.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 70 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 39%, low mountains: 39%, moderate high mountains: 22%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 126 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 69 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27 km2

34.4%

Nature

27 km2

34.4%

Agriculture

20.7 km2

26.3%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of A Portela in country Spain

A Portela at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	21 km	East
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	78 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	111 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Macizo Central	ES	8.4 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at O Barco de Valdeorras

Type of weather in O Barco de Valdeorras	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:00 Europe/Amsterdam