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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.2303,Lat: 38.1169
Elevation	337 meter above sea level
Local time	4:10:08am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Messina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Santa Venera Grotta	1.4 km	NorthWest
2 San Paolo-Cannistrà	1.8 km	North
3 Acquaficara	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Castroreale	2.7 km	SouthWest
5 Santa Croce	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	253 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roma	Italy	477 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	480 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Ancipa (1 km² at a height of around 948 meter above sea level) at a distance of 66 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pizzo di Verna with a height of 1287 meter (at a distance of 11.8 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Vulcano (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 39.4 km (direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 453 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 634 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 43%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 73 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reggio Calabria Airport (at a distance of 38 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.5 km2

24.8%

Nature

15.9 km2

20.2%

Agriculture

36.1 km2

45.9%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.8%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Gala in country Italy

La Gala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	45 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	48 km	NorthWest
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	115 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Affluenti del Torrente Mela	IT	4.6 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castroreale

Type of weather in Castroreale	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:50 Europe/Amsterdam