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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.6032,Lat: 44.7882
Elevation	300 meter above sea level
Local time	2:24:26am
Name province/region	Gori
Name Subregion	Hurezani

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cetatea	2.5 km	SouthEast
2 Pegeni	2.8 km	East
3 Hurezani	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Căpreni	3.5 km	SouthEast
5 Satu Nou	3.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	202 km	East
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	234 km	South
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	248 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 386 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 18.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 71.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 101 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 4%, hill: 96%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 198 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 57 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.7 km2

54.3%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

28.8 km2

36.6%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.3%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plopu in country Romania

Plopu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	55 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	95 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	151 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coridorul Jiului	RO	12 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hurezani

Type of weather in Hurezani	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	05:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:32 Europe/Amsterdam