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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.046,Lat: 42.571
Elevation	715 meter above sea level
Local time	9:46:52am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dozón
Other place with same name 1	O Castro Galicia - Coruña, A
Other place with same name 2	O Castro Galicia - Coruña, A - Pino, O
Other place with same name 3	O Castro Galicia - Lugo
Other place with same name 4	O Castro Galicia - Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Irixo	7.2 km	SouthWest
2 A Xesta	7.9 km	NorthWest
3 Piñor	8.8 km	South
4 Reguengo	10.4 km	NorthWest
5 Lalín	11.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	435 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	439 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	753 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 52 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Albarellos (3.1 km² at a height of around 266 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 47.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 85%, moderate high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 48 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 60 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.4 km2

Nature

49.2 km2

62.6%

Agriculture

27 km2

34.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Castro in country Spain

O Castro at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	54 km	NorthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	63 km	NorthEast
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	96 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pena Veidosa	ES	8.3 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dozón

Type of weather in Dozón	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:04 Europe/Amsterdam