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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.8195,Lat: 37.8687
Elevation	752 meter above sea level
Local time	6:15:57am
At island	Sicily
Name province/region	Sicilia
Name Subregion	Catania
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Maniace

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Maniace	0.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Fondaco-Margherito	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Galatese	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Boschetto Vaccheria	2.4 km	SouthWest
5 Petrosino	2.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	219 km	South
2 Roma	Italy	486 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	489 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 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 21.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is la Colla with a height of 1611 meter (at a distance of 10.5 km and direction NorthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Mount Etna (Shield volcano) at a distance of 22 km (direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 488.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 684 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 31%, moderate high mountains: 68%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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 49 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14 km2

17.8%

Nature

19.5 km2

24.8%

Agriculture

42.1 km2

53.6%

Viticulture

1.6 km2

2.1%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Piana-Porticelle in country Italy

La Piana-Porticelle at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mount Etna	Italy	20 km	SouthEast
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	69 km	North
3 Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	70 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Monti Nebrodi	IT	1.3 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Maniace

Type of weather in Maniace	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:55 Europe/Amsterdam