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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.8799,Lat: 57.7686
Elevation	85 meter above sea level
Local time	14:43:38pm
Name province/region (Novads)	Alojas novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pilsēta)	Aloja

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ungurpils	4 km	West
2 Urga	6.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Puikule	9.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Vilzēni	9.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Staicele	11 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	101 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	185 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	268 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Ķiruma ezers (0.7 km² at a height of around 39 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 22.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. 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 109 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Pärnu Airport (at a distance of 77 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.1 km2

37%

Nature

6.6 km2

8.3%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

40.3 km2

51.2%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Aloja in country Latvia

Aloja at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	102 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	167 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	Estonia	186 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ungurpils mezi	LV	7.6 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aloja

Type of weather in Aloja	light snow
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	984 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:53 Europe/Amsterdam