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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.8037,Lat: 43.8482
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	16:45:11pm
Name province/region	Dolj
Name Subregion	Gighera

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nedeia	2.6 km	West
2 Zăval	2.9 km	East
3 Comoşteni	5.6 km	NorthEast
4 Gângiova	7.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Ostroveni	8.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	135 km	South
2 Bucureşti	Romania	196 km	EastNorthEast
3 Приштина	Kosovo	253 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 325 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Greece.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main - Medium - Timok, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Lacul Bistreţ (19.6 km² at a distance of 14.5 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is UNK with a height of 27 meter (at a distance of 5.2 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 6.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.3 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 132 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 53 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.9 km2

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

63.7 km2

81.2%

Viticulture

2.5 km2

3.2%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.6%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gighera in country Romania

Gighera at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	130 km	West
2 Boyana Church	Bulgaria	141 km	South
3 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	150 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coridorul Jiului	RO	2.8 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gighera

Type of weather in Gighera	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:30 Europe/Amsterdam