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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.8521,Lat: 43.685
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	3:57:13am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Coruña, A
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ortigueira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santa Ana	1.6 km	East
2 Santiago	2 km	South
3 O Nogueirido	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 San Antonio	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Veiga	3.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	504 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	559 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	752 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ortigueira lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Ribeira (Encoro da Ribeira) (2.9 km² at a height of around 400 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.9 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 172 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 241 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 79%, hill: 12%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 98 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is A Coruña Airport (at a distance of 60 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.7 km2

45.9%

Nature

2.2 km2

Wet nature

11.1 km2

15.6%

Agriculture

20.8 km2

29.2%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ortigueira in country Spain

Ortigueira at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tower of Hercules	Spain	55 km	WestSouthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	79 km	South
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	105 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ría de Ortigueira e Ladrido	ES	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa Marta de Ortigueira

Type of weather in Santa Marta de Ortigueira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	08:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:00 Europe/Amsterdam