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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.1851,Lat: 57.2133
Elevation	163 meter above sea level
Local time	15:51:41pm
Name province/region	Gulbenes novads
Name Subregion	Rankas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gaujasrēveļi	3.2 km	West
2 Rēveļi	4.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Jaunpiebalga	8.8 km	SouthWest
4 Lizums	11.7 km	East
5 Variņi	12.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	128 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	262 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	286 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 107 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Lizdoles ezers (0.5 km² at a height of around 191 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22.2 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Klētskalns with a height of 269 meter (at a distance of 24 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 39.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 55 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 94%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly northern 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 138 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.5 km2

43.9%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

37.4 km2

47.7%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ranka in country Latvia

Ranka at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	128 km	WestSouthWest
2 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	144 km	NorthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	206 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lielais purvs	LV	6.3 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Jaunpiebalga

Type of weather in Jaunpiebalga	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	38 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	04:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:03 Europe/Amsterdam