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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.754,Lat: 42.4056
Elevation	183 meter above sea level
Local time	8:48:19am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Poio
Other place with same name 1	Raxó Galicia - Coruña, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Granxa	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Magaláns	0.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 A Costa	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Arén	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 O Outeiro	1.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	409 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	481 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	758 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Raxó 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 22.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 41 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 69%, hill: 28%, The hills are mainly western 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 61 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.2 km2

50%

Nature

0.9 km2

Agriculture

14.9 km2

33.4%

Urban area

5.7 km2

12.8%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Raxó in country Spain

Raxó at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	55 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	100 km	South
3 Tower of Hercules	Spain	112 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	6.3 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Simes

Type of weather in Simes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:07 Europe/Amsterdam