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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.2179,Lat: 50.6752
Elevation	295 meter above sea level
Local time	17:32:23pm
Name province/region (Województwo)	Śląskie
Wiki-website Subregion (Powiat)	Myszkowski
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Poraj
Other place with same name 1	Poraj Lubelskie - Hrubieszowski
Other place with same name 2	Poraj Łódzkie - Piotrkowski
Other place with same name 3	Poraj Podkarpackie - Krośnieński

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jastrząb	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Choroń	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Osiny	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Dębowiec	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Kuźnica Stara	3.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Warszawa	Poland	213 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	320 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	344 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 395 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Warta main - Upper - Prosna, part of the larger catchment area Oder. The nearest bigger lake is Zbiornik Poraj (4.9 km² at a height of around 6 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 95.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 134 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pozaalpejska Europa Srodkowa - Wyzyna Slasko-Krakowska - Wyzyna Woznicko-Wielunska - Obnizenie Górnej Warty

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 24 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.2 km2

43.6%

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

31.4 km2

40%

Urban area

5.3 km2

6.7%

Water - Lakes

4.3 km2

5.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Poraj in country Poland

Poraj at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System	Poland	37 km	SouthWest
2 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	71 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Kraków	Poland	85 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ostoja Olsztynsko-Mirowska	PL	6 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Poraj
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Poraj

Type of weather in Poraj	few clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	07:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:49 Europe/Amsterdam