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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.665,Lat: 56.6786
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	3:18:47am
Name province/region	Jelgavas novads
Name Subregion	Līvbērzes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vītoliņi	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Jelgava	4.2 km	SouthEast
3 Ozolnieki	7.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Valgunde	7.8 km	North
5 Mežciems	9.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	42 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	242 km	SouthEast
3 Tallinn	Estonia	311 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lielupe. The nearest bigger lake is Babītes ezers (23.2 km² at a distance of 23.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 34.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 48 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 81%, low location: 19%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 33 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.7 km2

22.6%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.9%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

45.7 km2

58.2%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.4%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vārpa in country Latvia

Vārpa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	41 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	213 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	229 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Svetes paliene	LV	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Jelgava

Type of weather in Jelgava	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	16 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	04:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam