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General information - Location

Country	Wales
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.3944,Lat: 51.8608
Elevation	82 meter above sea level
Local time	20:04:48pm
Name province/region	Wales
Name Subregion	Sir Gaerfyrddin#Carmarthenshire
Name	Cynwyl Elfed

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sarnau	2.3 km	SouthWest
2 Abernant	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Llanllwch	3.8 km	SouthEast
4 Bancyfelin	4.1 km	SouthWest
5 Bwlchnewydd	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	93 km	SouthEast
2 Dublin	Ireland	208 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	257 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Celtic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western Wales. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Llys-y-frân Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 31.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 90.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 126 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 95%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 192 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.4 km2

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

73.3 km2

93.3%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merthyr in country Wales

Merthyr at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	90 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	142 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	143 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Abernant

Type of weather in Abernant	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam