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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.2529,Lat: 58.8128
Elevation	104 meter above sea level
Local time	9:41:35am
Name province/region	Västra Götalands län
Name Subregion	Töreboda

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hova	5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Lyrestad	11.3 km	West
3 Töreboda	13.7 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Sjötorp	16 km	West
5 Finnerödja	16.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	226 km	EastNorthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	235 km	WestNorthWest
3 København	Denmark	359 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 114 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gota main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Skagerrak and Kattegat. The nearest bigger lake is Unden (93.8 km² at a height of around 115 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.9 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 146.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 205 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Västergötland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (at a distance of 173 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.9 km2

63.5%

Nature

4.5 km2

5.7%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

21.5 km2

27.4%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Älgarås in country Sweden

Älgarås at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	162 km	NorthEast
2 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	169 km	West
3 Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	197 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bete vid Storhultabcken	SE	2.2 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hova

Type of weather in Hova	few clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam