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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.2426,Lat: 45.073
Elevation	264 meter above sea level
Local time	6:41:27am
Name province/region	Gori
Name Subregion	Târgu Jiu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bălani	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Căleşti	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Bârseşti	3.3 km	South
4 Leleşti	4.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Obreja	4.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	222 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bucureşti	Romania	236 km	East
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	264 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 426 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 Vădeni (1.7 km² at a distance of 2.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 67.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 95%, The hills are mainly southern 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 Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 231 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.4 km2

20.9%

Nature

0.8 km2

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

42 km2

53.5%

Viticulture

3.2 km2

4.1%

Urban area

11.9 km2

15.2%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Polata in country Romania

Polata 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	61 km	North
2 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	62 km	EastNorthEast
3 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	137 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nordul Gorjului de Vest	RO	7.3 km	West

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ulari

Type of weather in Ulari	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	04:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:49 Europe/Amsterdam