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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.4238,Lat: 45.6353
Elevation	586 meter above sea level
Local time	4:25:18am
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Braşov
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Vulcan
Other place with same name 1	Vulcan Mureş - Apold
Other place with same name 2	Vulcan Alba - Ciuruleasa
Other place with same name 3	Vulcan Hunedoara - Vulcan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Colonia 1 Mai	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Holbav	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Cristian	4.6 km	East
4 Râşnov	5.8 km	SouthEast
5 Codlea	6.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	143 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	307 km	NorthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	369 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 291 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 Pecineagu (2.7 km² at a distance of 25.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 191.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 268 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 93%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Inner Eastern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 129 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bra?ov-Ghimbav International Airport (U.C.) (at a distance of 11 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.2 km2

30.8%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

47.6 km2

60.5%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.3%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vulcan in country Romania

Vulcan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	75 km	NorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	81 km	NorthWest
3 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	121 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dumbravi?a - Rotbav - Magura Codlei	RO	6.4 km	NorthNorthWest

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Current weather at

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Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
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Wind direction:	North
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Daylength at 18 December 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam