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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.7879,Lat: 44.6007
Elevation	261 meter above sea level
Local time	23:43:23pm
Name province/region	Dolj
Name Subregion	Murgaşi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rupturile	1.9 km	East
2 Fărcaş	3.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Plopu Amărăşti	4.2 km	West
4 Golumbu	4.4 km	NorthWest
5 Balota de Sus	4.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	185 km	East
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	216 km	South
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	264 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 364 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 22.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 81.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 114 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 9%, hill: 91%, The hills are mainly western 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 182 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37 km2

47.1%

Agriculture

38.7 km2

49.3%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Velesti in country Romania

Velesti at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	67 km	North
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	119 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	150 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Coridorul Jiului	RO	19 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fărcaș

Type of weather in Fărcaș	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	05:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:31 Europe/Amsterdam