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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.8572,Lat: 41.8872
Elevation	147 meter above sea level
Local time	6:25:49am
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 Couto Galicia - Coruña, A
Other place with same name 2	O Couto Galicia - Coruña, A - Oleiros
Other place with same name 3	O Couto Galicia - Coruña, A - Santa Comba
Other place with same name 4	O Couto Galicia - Pontevedra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 O Outeiro	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Saa	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 A Pasaxe	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Bouza Da Fonte	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Salgueiró	0.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	351 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	467 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	710 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthWest).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 42.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.5 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 69%, hill: 8%, The hills are mainly flatern 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 73 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.1 km2

21.8%

Nature

9.7 km2

17.5%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

15 km2

27.1%

Urban area

6.6 km2

12%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

10.7 km2

19.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Couto in country Spain

O Couto 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	55 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	69 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	86 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Baixo Miño	ES	0.2 km	SouthWest

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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:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:09 Europe/Amsterdam