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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8164,Lat: 42.1298
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	8:15:26am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nigrán

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Praia América	0.3 km	SouthWest
2 Os Cotros	0.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 O Viso	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 O Monte Lourido	1.1 km	SouthWest
5 A Area Alta	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	378 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	474 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	733 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gaifar lies at the Atlantic Ocean (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 35.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 17.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 80%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 91 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 19 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20 km2

35%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

22 km2

38.5%

Urban area

13.2 km2

23%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gaifar in country Spain

Gaifar 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	74 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	86 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	89 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	0.3 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Nigrán

Type of weather in Nigrán	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:08 Europe/Amsterdam