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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.8944,Lat: 44.5242
Elevation	219 meter above sea level
Local time	0:57:21am
Name province/region	Dolj
Name Subregion	Bulzeşti

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bulzeşti	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Murgaşi	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Seculeşti	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Gaia	3.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Curtişoara	4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	176 km	East
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	209 km	South
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	273 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 353 km (direction EastSouthEast).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 Isalniţa (2.5 km² at a distance of 20.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 81.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 114 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 28%, hill: 72%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 174 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19 km2

24.2%

Nature

2.4 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

53 km2

67.4%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Urban area

3.9 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gura Racului in country Romania

Gura Racului at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	74 km	North
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	130 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	154 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Padurea Sarului	RO	15 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bulzeşti

Type of weather in Bulzeşti	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:35 Europe/Amsterdam