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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.2852,Lat: 44.7382
Elevation	164 meter above sea level
Local time	19:05:21pm
Name province/region	Gori
Name Subregion	Borăscu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nucetu	1.2 km	NorthWest
2 Condeieşti	2.4 km	NorthWest
3 Raci	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Strâmba Jiu	3.2 km	NorthEast
5 Ohaba Jiu	3.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	223 km	West
2 Bucureşti	Romania	226 km	East
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	227 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 407 km (direction EastSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Bulgaria.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jiu, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Turceni (2.2 km² at a distance of 7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 46.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 56%, hill: 44%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 222 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 67 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.6 km2

37.7%

Nature

2.4 km2

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

38.9 km2

49.5%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.3%

Urban area

6.4 km2

8.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Baniu in country Romania

Baniu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	76 km	NorthEast
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	98 km	North
3 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	129 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coridorul Jiului	RO	0.7 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Borăscu

Type of weather in Borăscu	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	05:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:28 Europe/Amsterdam