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General information - Location

Country	Bulgaria
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.2514,Lat: 42.8186
Elevation	573 meter above sea level
Local time	7:37:12am
Name province/region	София (столица)
Name Subregion	Столична
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Житен

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Голяновци (Gоlyanоvtsi)	1.4 km	NorthWest
2 Доброславци (Dоbrоslavtsi)	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Костинброд (Kоstinbrоd)	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Драговищица (Dragоvishtitsa)	3.4 km	NorthWest
5 Балша (Balsha)	3.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	15 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Приштина	Kosovo	172 km	WestSouthWest
3 Skopje	North-macedonia	174 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 229 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Greece.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main lower 1 - Ogosta, Iskar, Vit, Osum, Yantra, Rusenski Lom, Vedea, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Панчарево (0.7 km² at a distance of 26.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 37.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 52 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 100%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Balkan mountains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 19 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.5%

Nature

3.6 km2

4.6%

Agriculture

59.1 km2

75.2%

Urban area

11.7 km2

14.9%

Infrastructure

1.9 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zhiten (Житен) in country Bulgaria

Zhiten (Житен) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Boyana Church	Bulgaria	19 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Rila Monastery	Bulgaria	79 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Pirin National Park	Bulgaria	120 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dragoman	BG	7.4 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kostinbrod

Type of weather in Kostinbrod	fog
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	05:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:31 Europe/Amsterdam