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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8591,Lat: 41.9066
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	11:34:24am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guarda, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Coruto Vello	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Baliños	0.2 km	South
3 Buxán	0.4 km	NorthWest
4 Salcidos	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Netos	0.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	353 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	468 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	712 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

A Portela lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. 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 43.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 2.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.2 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 73%, hill: 9%, 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 agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 41 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13 km2

22.6%

Nature

11.1 km2

19.5%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

15.9 km2

27.8%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.8%

Urban area

4.7 km2

8.3%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

11.1 km2

19.3%

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 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	57 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	70 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	88 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Baixo Miño	ES	0.7 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at A Guarda

Type of weather in A Guarda	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam