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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.4179,Lat: 46.0233
Elevation	492 meter above sea level
Local time	9:57:36am
Name province/region	Braşov
Name Subregion	Racoş

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mateiaş	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Dopca	5.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bogata Olteană	6.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Mercheaşa	8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Hoghiz	9.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	184 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	287 km	NorthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	408 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 314 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Lacul Sfânta Ana (0.7 km² at a distance of 40 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Cetăţii with a height of 1105 meter (at a distance of 18 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Ukranian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 191.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 268 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 24%, low mountains: 75%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Inner Eastern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 169 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bra?ov-Ghimbav International Airport (U.C.) (at a distance of 36 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.1 km2

49.9%

Nature

6.1 km2

7.7%

Agriculture

27.5 km2

35.1%

Urban area

2 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Racoş in country Romania

Racoş at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	51 km	West
2 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	53 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	144 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dealurile Homoroadelor	RO	0.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hoghiz

Type of weather in Hoghiz	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	04:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:32 Europe/Amsterdam