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Zagrazhden (Загражден)

General information - Location

Country	Bulgaria
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.9952,Lat: 41.7179
Elevation	1150 meter above sea level
Local time	1:08:56am
Name province/region	Смолян
Name Subregion	Баните
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Загражден

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Вълчан дол (Valchan dоl)	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Давидково (Davidkоvо)	6.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Стърница (Starnitsa)	8.5 km	SouthWest
4 Баните (Banite)	11 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Оряховец (Оryahоvets)	11 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	175 km	WestNorthWest
2 Skopje	North-macedonia	295 km	West
3 Bucureşti	Romania	316 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 79 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Greece.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Maritsa main -Medium - Tundzha, part of the larger catchment area East Aegean Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is яз. Кърджали (14.7 km² at a distance of 15.8 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Greek-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 35 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 49 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 4%, moderate high mountains: 84%, high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. 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 169 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Plovdiv International Airport (at a distance of 40 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49 km2

62.4%

Nature

13 km2

16.6%

Agriculture

16.5 km2

21%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zagrazhden (Загражден) in country Bulgaria

Zagrazhden (Загражден) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Site of Philippi	Greece	99 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak	Bulgaria	106 km	North
3 Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex	Turkey	130 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rodopi - Sredni	BG	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Banite

Type of weather in Banite	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	05:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:25 Europe/Amsterdam