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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.4162,Lat: 55.8646
Elevation	135 meter above sea level
Local time	22:08:17pm
Name province/region	Šiauliai
Name Subregion	Šiauliai
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kairiai

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mankiškiai	2.9 km	SouthEast
2 Šniūraičiai	4.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Kutiškiai	5.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Bertužiai	5.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Jonaitiškiai	5.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	130 km	North
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	174 km	SouthEast
3 Minsk	Belarus	345 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 123 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Latvia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lielupe. The nearest bigger lake is Gudelių ež. (2.2 km² at a distance of 2.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 52.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 74 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 123 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.3 km2

22%

Nature

7.1 km2

Wet nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

39.1 km2

49.9%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Infrastructure

7.5 km2

9.6%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Šilėnai in country Lithuania

Šilėnai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	129 km	North
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	141 km	SouthEast
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	168 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rekyvos pelke	LT	4.8 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Akliniai

Type of weather in Akliniai	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	04:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:08 Europe/Amsterdam