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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.7954,Lat: 44.3213
Elevation	100 meter above sea level
Local time	19:29:04pm
Population	299000 (8th largest city in country)
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Dolj
Wiki-website Subregion (Municipiu)	Craiova

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mofleni	4 km	SouthWest
2 Popoveni	4.1 km	South
3 Cernele	4.6 km	West
4 Şimnicu de Jos	4.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Izvorul Rece	5.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	184 km	EastNorthEast
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	185 km	South
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	269 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 353 km (direction East).The coastline is located in another country namely Bulgaria.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jiu, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Isalniţa (2.5 km² at a distance of 10.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 58 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 183 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 7.4 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

Agriculture

31 km2

39.5%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

Urban area

38.3 km2

48.8%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Craiova in country Romania

Craiova at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	98 km	North
2 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	138 km	WestSouthWest
3 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	149 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coridorul Jiului	RO	4.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Craioviţa

Type of weather in Craioviţa	drizzle
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	9 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:46 Europe/Amsterdam