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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 28.6712,Lat: 66.8311
Elevation	198 meter above sea level
Local time	5:27:18am
Name province/region (Aluehallintovirasto)	Lapland (Lapin aluehallintovirasto)
Wiki-website Maakunta (Maakunta#Landskap)	Lappi#Lappland
Name Kunta	Salla
Other place with same name 1	Salla Steiermark - Voitsberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gora Rakhmoyva	21.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Kualoyarvi	26.2 km	NorthEast
3 Isokylä	51.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Kallaanvaara	51.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Sipovaara	53.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	762 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	847 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	989 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The White Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 143 km (direction EastNorthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kemijoki main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Kemijoki. The nearest bigger lake is Pyhäjärvi (1.4 km² at a height of around 217 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 17.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 48%, hill: 52%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Itä-Lapin tunturi- ja vaaraseutu

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

63.2 km2

80.5%

Nature

5.9 km2

7.5%

Wet nature

3.9 km2

4.9%

Agriculture

1 km2

1.2%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Salla in country Finland

Salla at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	325 km	SouthWest
2 Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands	Russian Federation	377 km	EastSouthEast
3 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	418 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
TERMUSAAPA	FI	4.3 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Salla
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salla

Type of weather in Salla	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	1 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	10:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	11:57 Europe/Amsterdam