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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.4525,Lat: 56.4508
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	23:37:45pm
Name province/region	Priekules novads
Name Subregion	Virgas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Virga	3.5 km	NorthWest
2 Bunka	6.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Purmsāti	6.8 km	SouthEast
4 Vārtāja	7 km	WestNorthWest
5 Saulaine	7.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	173 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	309 km	EastSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	373 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Prūšu ūdenskrātuve (0.6 km² at a distance of 2.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Krievukalns with a height of 189 meter (at a distance of 20.6 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 16.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 23 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 163 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liepaja International Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.2 km2

27%

Nature

5.8 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

50.5 km2

64.3%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Paplaka in country Latvia

Paplaka at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	135 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	172 km	EastNorthEast
3 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	233 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Brienamais purvs	LV	6.8 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Liepājas Rajons

Type of weather in Liepājas Rajons	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	04:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:18 Europe/Amsterdam