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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.3419,Lat: 45.6797
Elevation	356 meter above sea level
Local time	1:38:35am
Name province/region	Sibiu
Name Subregion	Racoviţa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mârşa	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sebeşu de Jos	3.3 km	South
3 Sebeşu de Sus	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Bradu	4.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Avrig	5.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	195 km	SouthEast
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	321 km	WestSouthWest
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	343 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 369 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 Râului (1.5 km² at a distance of 32 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 176.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 247 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 82%, low mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly western 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 183 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 23 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.6 km2

26.3%

Nature

5 km2

6.3%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

44.6 km2

56.8%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Racoviţa in country Romania

Racoviţa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	61 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	61 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	70 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Piemontul Fagara?	RO	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	04:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:51 Europe/Amsterdam