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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 17.2446,Lat: 40.4164
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	17:18:16pm
Name province/region	Puglia
Name Subregion	Taranto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Taranto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leporano Marina	6 km	SouthEast
2 Leporano	8.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Pulsano	10.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Paolo VI	11.8 km	North
5 Monti d'Arena-Bosco Caggione	12.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tirane	Albania	241 km	EastNorthEast
2 Podgorica	Montenegro	282 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sarajevo	Bosnia-and-herzegovina	395 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Taranto lies at the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 3, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake is Mare Piccolo (20 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.2 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taranto with a height of 14 meter (at a distance of 6.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Montenegrin-Albanian border with a straight distance of 240.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 337 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 28%, low location: 72%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (at a distance of 238 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.5%

Nature

0.4 km2

Agriculture

18.7 km2

47.2%

Viticulture

2.9 km2

7.3%

Urban area

16.3 km2

41.1%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Taranto in country Italy

Taranto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Trulli of Alberobello	Italy	40 km	North
2 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	60 km	WestNorthWest
3 Castel del Monte	Italy	110 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Posidonieto Isola di San Pietro - Torre Canneto	IT	2.2 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Taranto

Type of weather in Taranto	clear sky
Current temperature:	25 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	05:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:05 Europe/Amsterdam