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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.9363,Lat: 56.3428
Elevation	156 meter above sea level
Local time	4:11:47am
Name province/region (Novads)	Riebiņu novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Silajāņu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rogoviki	4.7 km	NorthEast
2 Gaļmuiža	8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kruki	8.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Riebiņi	8.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Feimaņi	10.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	185 km	West
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	211 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Minsk	Belarus	281 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 185 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Daugava main - Lower - Aiviekste, Drysa, part of the larger catchment area Daugava. The nearest bigger lake is Salmejs (1 km² at a distance of 6.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Belarusian border with a straight distance of 56.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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 193 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.7 km2

28.8%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

55 km2

70%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Silajāņi in country Latvia

Silajāņi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	184 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	186 km	West
3 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	209 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kaucers	LV	5.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Preiļi

Type of weather in Preiļi	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:35 Europe/Amsterdam