Abação
Abação is a locality in União das freguesias de Abação e Gémeos, Guimarães, Braga District. Abação is situated nearby to the locality Pinheiro, as well as near the village Freguesia de Gémeos.Places of Interest
Highlights include Santuário da Lapinha and Monte da Penha.
Monte da Penha
Peak
Photo: Manuel Rocha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monte da Penha, or Monte de Santa Catarina, is the highest point in the Portuguese city of Guimarães, with a height of 613 metres above mean sea level.
Guimarães railway station
Railway station
Photo: V.B.Speranza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guimarães railway station is the terminus of the Linha de Guimarães, a railway line that connects the city of Porto with Guimarães, in the Braga District of Portugal. Guimarães railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Abação.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freguesia de Gémeos and Urgezes.
Urgezes
Village
Urgezes, previously known as Santo Estêvão de Urgezes, is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 5,259 on an area of 3.31 km2. Urgezes is situated 2½ km northwest of Abação.
Tagilde e Vizela
Village
Tagilde e Vizela is a parish in the municipality of Vizela, in the district of Braga, Portugal, with an area of 5.25 km2 and 3 364 inhabitants. The parish was created during an administrative reorganization of 2012–2013, and resulted from the joining of the former parishes of Tagilde and São Paio de Vizela. Tagilde e Vizela is situated 3½ km south of Abação.
Abação
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Abacao”
- Location: União das freguesias de Abação e Gémeos, Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.41002° or 41° 24′ 36″ northLongitude
-8.27259° or 8° 16′ 21″ westElevation
392 metres (1,286 feet)Open location code
8CHHCP6G+2XGeoNames ID
2743460
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