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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.4154,Lat: 56.4738
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	18:19:39pm
Name province/region (Novads)	Priekules novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Virgas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Paplaka	3.5 km	SouthEast
2 Vārtāja	3.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 Bunka	5.9 km	NorthEast
4 Tadaiķi	6.1 km	North
5 Gavieze	8.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	174 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	312 km	EastSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	369 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Prūšu ūdenskrātuve (0.6 km² at a distance of 5.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Krievukalns with a height of 189 meter (at a distance of 22.7 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 19.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 164 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liepaja International Airport (at a distance of 20 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.1 km2

25.6%

Nature

3.4 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

55.1 km2

70.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Virga in country Latvia

Virga at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	137 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	173 km	EastNorthEast
3 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	230 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gaviezes amuli	LV	6.2 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Liepājas Rajons

Type of weather in Liepājas Rajons	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	986 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:14 Europe/Amsterdam