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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.8914,Lat: 54.9539
Elevation	90 meter above sea level
Local time	21:44:37pm
Name province/region	Kaunas
Name Subregion	Kaunas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Domeikava

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Giraitė	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Domeikava	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Vijūkai	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Radikiai	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Naujasodis	5.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius	Lithuania	92 km	East
2 Rīga	Latvia	224 km	North
3 Minsk	Belarus	264 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 188 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Viliya, part of the larger catchment area Nemunas. The nearest bigger lake is ež. Lampėdis (1.2 km² at a distance of 5.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Latvian border with a straight distance of 66.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 93 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Vilnius International Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kaunas International Airport (at a distance of 12 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.2 km2

14.3%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

36.3 km2

46.2%

Urban area

22.9 km2

29.2%

Infrastructure

2.2 km2

2.9%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Šakiai in country Lithuania

Šakiai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	61 km	East
2 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	95 km	East
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	190 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Neries upe	LT	1.6 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kaunas

Type of weather in Kaunas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	04:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:08 Europe/Amsterdam