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Rakitоvо (Ракитово)

General information - Location

Country	Bulgaria
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.0861,Lat: 41.9906
Elevation	786 meter above sea level
Local time	20:44:24pm
Name province/region	Пазарджик
Name Subregion	Ракитово
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ракитово

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Костандово (Kоstandоvо)	4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Дорково (Dоrkоvо)	7.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Велинград (Velingrad)	8.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Драгиново (Draginоvо)	10.5 km	NorthWest
5 Батак (Batak)	12 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	100 km	NorthWest
2 Skopje	North-macedonia	217 km	West
3 Приштина	Kosovo	252 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 119 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Greece.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Maritsa main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area East Aegean Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is яз. Батак (20.6 km² at a distance of 4.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Greek-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 48.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 68 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 21%, moderate high mountains: 78%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Rhodope Mountains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.4 km2

55.3%

Nature

7.9 km2

10.1%

Agriculture

23.5 km2

30%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rakitоvо (Ракитово) in country Bulgaria

Rakitоvо (Ракитово) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rila Monastery	Bulgaria	58 km	West
2 Pirin National Park	Bulgaria	61 km	SouthWest
3 Boyana Church	Bulgaria	99 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rodopi - Zapadni	BG	1.7 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rakitovo

Type of weather in Rakitovo	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:27 Europe/Amsterdam