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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4736,Lat: 54.2726
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	1:44:30am
Population	18000 (9th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sligo
Name	Sligo North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Drumcliff	6.4 km	North
2 Ballysadare	7.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Collooney	10 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Cliffony	17.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Manorhamilton	19.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	169 km	East
2 Dublin	Ireland	178 km	SouthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	260 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Western, part of the larger catchment area Shannon. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Gill (Loch Gile) (14 km² at a distance of 3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 27.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 82%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 152 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

2.9%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

5.7 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

52.8 km2

67.3%

Urban area

9 km2

11.4%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

6.6 km2

8.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sligo in country Ireland

Sligo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	147 km	SouthEast
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	168 km	EastNorthEast
3 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	303 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC	IE	0 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Sligo
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sligo

Type of weather in Sligo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:13 Europe/Amsterdam