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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.4697,Lat: 44.8446
Elevation	271 meter above sea level
Local time	10:45:51am
Name province/region	Gori
Name Subregion	Săuleşti

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Săuleşti	2.4 km	South
2 Petreşti	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Musculeşti	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Bărbăteşti	3.6 km	NorthEast
5 Dolceşti	4.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	213 km	East
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	238 km	West
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	239 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 398 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 Turceni (2.2 km² at a distance of 13.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 64.9 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 91 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 22%, hill: 78%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 209 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 67 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

52.8 km2

67.2%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

19.1 km2

24.3%

Viticulture

1.1 km2

1.3%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Purcaru in country Romania

Purcaru at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	58 km	NorthEast
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	87 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	147 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coridorul Jiului	RO	2.7 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bărbăteşti

Type of weather in Bărbăteşti	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	04:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:45 Europe/Amsterdam