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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6514,Lat: 42.4429
Elevation	141 meter above sea level
Local time	6:55:11am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Poio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Caeira	0.4 km	SouthWest
2 Boa Vista	0.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 A Valiña	0.8 km	SouthWest
4 Viñas	1.1 km	SouthWest
5 O Ribeiro-O Casal de Rei	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	414 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	476 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	758 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

O Vao lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).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 17 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 42 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 85%, hill: 9%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 54 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.9 km2

29.4%

Nature

2.2 km2

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

37.9 km2

50.9%

Urban area

9.1 km2

12.3%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Vao in country Spain

O Vao at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	49 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	102 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	106 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Lérez	ES	1.5 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pontevedra

Type of weather in Pontevedra	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:07 Europe/Amsterdam