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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.9985,Lat: 42.5329
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	16:28:12pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribeira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aguiño	1.6 km	West
2 Frións	2.2 km	North
3 A Graña	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 O Vilar	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Carreira	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	423 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	506 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	780 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Castiñeiras lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast).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 40 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 62.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 87 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 22%, low location: 78%, 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 46 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.5 km2

12.4%

Nature

9.5 km2

33.9%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

10.1 km2

36.1%

Urban area

2.4 km2

8.6%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

2.6%

Rock-Sand

1.6 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castiñeiras in country Spain

Castiñeiras at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	53 km	EastNorthEast
2 Tower of Hercules	Spain	106 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	121 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	0.2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ribeira

Type of weather in Ribeira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	07:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam