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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.7677,Lat: 59.0238
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	2:50:00am
Name province/region	Raplamaa
Name Subregion	Rapla

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sulupere	2.4 km	South
2 Uusküla	3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Rapla	3.5 km	SouthEast
4 Iira	5.1 km	South
5 Hagudi	5.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tallinn	Estonia	44 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Helsinki	Finland	128 km	North
3 Rīga	Latvia	233 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 46 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Estonia. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Paunküla veehoidla (4.2 km² at a height of around 72 meter above sea level) at a distance of 33.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Paluküla Hiiemägi with a height of 106 meter (at a distance of 19.4 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 107.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 151 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.3 km2

41.2%

Nature

5.6 km2

7.2%

Agriculture

36.4 km2

46.4%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alu in country Estonia

Alu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	46 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	90 km	EastNorthEast
3 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	126 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ridaküla	EE	4.3 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Raplamaa

Type of weather in Raplamaa	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 17 April 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	05:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:39 Europe/Amsterdam