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Zheleznitsa (Железница)

General information - Location

Country	Bulgaria
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.3679,Lat: 42.536
Elevation	1061 meter above sea level
Local time	19:33:16pm
Name province/region (Област)	София (столица)
Wiki-website Subregion (Община)	Столична
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Железница
Other place with same name 1	Zheleznitsa (Железница) Благоевград - Симитли

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Бистрица (Bistritsa)	5.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Панчарево (Pancharevо)	6.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Кокаляне (Kоkalyane)	6.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Герман (German)	9.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Ярлово (Yarlоvо)	10.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	18 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Skopje	North-macedonia	169 km	WestSouthWest
3 Приштина	Kosovo	181 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 196 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Greece.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main lower 1 - Ogosta, Iskar, Vit, Osum, Yantra, Rusenski Lom, Vedea, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Панчарево (0.7 km² at a distance of 7.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is връх Манастирище with a height of 1338 meter (at a distance of 4.3 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 63.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 89 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 83%, high mountains: 16%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 18 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.2 km2

49.9%

Nature

11.4 km2

14.5%

Agriculture

26.3 km2

33.4%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zheleznitsa (Железница) in country Bulgaria

Zheleznitsa (Железница) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Boyana Church	Bulgaria	15 km	NorthWest
2 Rila Monastery	Bulgaria	47 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Pirin National Park	Bulgaria	88 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vitosha	BG	0.2 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bistritsa

Type of weather in Bistritsa	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	06:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:59 Europe/Amsterdam