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General information - Location

Country	Estonia
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.8809,Lat: 57.9801
Elevation	106 meter above sea level
Local time	9:05:23am
Name province/region	Põlvamaa
Name Subregion	Kanepi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Soodoma	4.3 km	SouthWest
2 Erastvere	5.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Tilsi	7.1 km	East
4 Kanepi	7.4 km	West
5 Raiste	8.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	200 km	SouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	205 km	NorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	269 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 140 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Emajogi, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Jõksi (0.6 km² at a height of around 115 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.7 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Väike-Munamägi with a height of 208 meter (at a distance of 22.7 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 38.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 200 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 38 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.2 km2

25.7%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

54.7 km2

69.8%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Põlgaste in country Estonia

Põlgaste at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	88 km	East
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	125 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	201 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ihamaru-Tilleoru	EE	1 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Põlvamaa

Type of weather in Põlvamaa	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	04:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:55 Europe/Amsterdam