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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.2706,Lat: 45.0379
Elevation	189 meter above sea level
Local time	11:17:38am
Name province/region	Gori
Name Subregion	Târgu Jiu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Romaneşti	2.5 km	South
2 Bârseşti	3.2 km	West
3 Slobozia	3.7 km	WestSouthWest
4 Voinigeşti	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Polata	4.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	223 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bucureşti	Romania	233 km	East
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	260 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 422 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 Vădeni (1.7 km² at a distance of 2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 66.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 93 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 38%, hill: 62%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Southern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 228 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.9 km2

11.4%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

43.5 km2

55.4%

Viticulture

1.3 km2

1.6%

Urban area

18.6 km2

23.7%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Târgu Jiu in country Romania

Târgu Jiu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	61 km	EastNorthEast
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	65 km	North
3 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	141 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coridorul Jiului	RO	10 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ulari

Type of weather in Ulari	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	05:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:37 Europe/Amsterdam