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Orăştioara de Sus

General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.1742,Lat: 45.7295
Elevation	349 meter above sea level
Local time	1:10:10am
Name province/region	Hunedoara
Name Subregion	Orăştioara de Sus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ludeştii de Jos	1.3 km	South
2 Bucium	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Costeşti	3.8 km	South
4 Orăştioara de Jos	4 km	North
5 Ocolişu Mic	4.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	238 km	SouthWest
2 Bucureşti	Romania	270 km	EastSouthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	337 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 456 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mures, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Haţeg (2 km² at a distance of 22.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Brusturetu with a height of 1279 meter (at a distance of 5.9 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 126.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 177 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 75%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Southern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (at a distance of 247 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 72 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.6 km2

40.2%

Nature

6 km2

7.6%

Agriculture

35.4 km2

45.1%

Urban area

5.5 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orăştioara de Sus in country Romania

Orăştioara de Sus at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	16 km	SouthEast
2 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	64 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	89 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gradi?tea Muncelului - Ciclovina	RO	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orăştioara de Sus

Type of weather in Orăştioara de Sus	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 23 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	04:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:00 Europe/Amsterdam