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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.2957,Lat: 45.4345
Elevation	469 meter above sea level
Local time	21:05:51pm
Name province/region	Vâlcea
Name Subregion	Racoviţa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Robeşti	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Racoviţa	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Gruiu Lupului	3.4 km	East
4 Copăceni	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Bradu-Clocotici	4.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	180 km	EastSouthEast
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	310 km	WestSouthWest
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	315 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 363 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Gura Lotrului (1.5 km² at a distance of 7 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Cozia with a height of 1668 meter (at a distance of 13 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 156 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 218 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 36%, low mountains: 45%, moderate high mountains: 20%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Southern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 170 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

46.6 km2

59.3%

Nature

3.3 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

23.4 km2

29.8%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balota in country Romania

Balota at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	36 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	79 km	West
3 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	87 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Oltul Mijlociu - Cibin - Hrtibaciu	RO	0.1 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Racoviţa

Type of weather in Racoviţa	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	04:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:45 Europe/Amsterdam