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General information - Location

Country	Greece
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.55,Lat: 41.5
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	23:13:12pm
Name province/region	Μακεδονίας - Θράκης
Name Subregion	Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ορεστιάδας

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nea Vissi	7.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Dhidhimotikhon	15.9 km	South
3 Капитан Андреево (Kapitan Andreevо)	30.8 km	NorthWest
4 Славеево (Slaveevо)	32.1 km	West
5 Генералово (Generalоvо)	33.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	297 km	WestNorthWest
2 Bucureşti	Romania	328 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Skopje	North-macedonia	426 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 88 km (direction SouthSouthWest).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. Ивайловград (13.9 km² at a distance of 38 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ with a height of 83 meter (at a distance of 20.4 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Turkish-Greek border with a straight distance of 4.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Burgas Airport (at a distance of 144 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.7 km2

20.7%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

13.1%

Agriculture

1.3 km2

38.9%

Urban area

0.4 km2

12.8%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

14.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orestias in country Greece

Orestias at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex	Turkey	20 km	North
2 Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak	Bulgaria	155 km	NorthWest
3 Ancient City of Nessebar	Bulgaria	163 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
PARAPOTAMIO DASOS VOREIOU EVROU KAI ARDA	GR	1.6 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orestiáda

Type of weather in Orestiáda	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	05:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:16 Europe/Amsterdam