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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.9657,Lat: 57.7341
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	0:50:56am
Name province/region	Alojas novads
Name Subregion	Braslavas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vilzēni	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Aloja	6.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Puikule	7.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Ungurpils	10.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Ozolmuiža	11.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	100 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	189 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	272 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 36 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Ķiruma ezers (0.7 km² at a height of around 39 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 27.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 108 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 82 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.5 km2

38.8%

Nature

6.1 km2

7.8%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

41.4 km2

52.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Urga in country Latvia

Urga at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	101 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	167 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	190 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Salacas ieleja	LV	14 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aloja

Type of weather in Aloja	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	04:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:01 Europe/Amsterdam