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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.1878,Lat: 40.2487
Elevation	326 meter above sea level
Local time	21:31:18pm
Name province/region	Campania
Name Subregion	Salerno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Salento

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Palazza	3 km	SouthWest
2 Vallo Scalo	3.2 km	SouthWest
3 Pantana	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Castelnuovo Cilento	3.5 km	South
5 Fasana	4.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	290 km	NorthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	294 km	NorthWest
3 Tirane	Albania	411 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: Sele, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake is Lago Pantano di Pignola (1.4 km² at a height of around 797 meter above sea level) at a distance of 60.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Madonna della Stella with a height of 1130 meter (at a distance of 10.6 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 293.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 411 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 62%, hill: 36%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Naples International Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.6 km2

37.6%

Nature

17.5 km2

22.3%

Agriculture

29.5 km2

37.5%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Salento in country Italy

Salento at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	7.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Costiera Amalfitana	Italy	65 km	NorthWest
3 Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata	Italy	81 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fiume Alento	IT	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Salento
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salento

Type of weather in Salento	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:59 Europe/Amsterdam