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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8652,Lat: 41.9117
Elevation	97 meter above sea level
Local time	5:47:11am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guarda, A
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 Sete Camiños	0.3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Salcidos	0.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Buxán	0.4 km	South
4 Netos	0.6 km	South
5 O Coruto Vello	0.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	354 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	469 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	713 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

O Castro lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).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 44.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.3 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 71%, hill: 13%, 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 76 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 40 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.4 km2

21.4%

Nature

12.3 km2

23.2%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

14.6 km2

27.5%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.8%

Urban area

3.7 km2

Water - Lakes

10 km2

18.9%

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 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	57 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	71 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	1.4 km	SouthEast

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam