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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.3503,Lat: 44.111
Elevation	121 meter above sea level
Local time	0:28:29am
Name province/region	Olt
Name Subregion	Caracal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Comanca	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Frăsinetu	5.5 km	NorthWest
3 Liiceni	6.3 km	West
4 Dobrosloveni	6.9 km	North
5 Deveselu	7.4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	145 km	EastNorthEast
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	179 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Приштина	Kosovo	306 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 303 km (direction East).The coastline is located in another country namely Bulgaria.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Frunzaru (13.8 km² at a distance of 10.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 40.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 148 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 43 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

60.6 km2

77.2%

Viticulture

3 km2

3.8%

Urban area

12.5 km2

15.9%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Caracal in country Romania

Caracal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	122 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo	Bulgaria	136 km	East
3 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	175 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Padurea Radomir	RO	6.8 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Caracal

Type of weather in Caracal	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	05:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:35 Europe/Amsterdam