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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.0713,Lat: 55.2106
Elevation	40 meter above sea level
Local time	19:15:55pm
Name province/region (Apskritis)	Tauragė
Wiki-website Subregion (Rajono savivaldybė)	Tauragė
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lauksargiai
Other place with same name 1	Šakiai Kaunas - Kaunas
Other place with same name 2	Šakiai Marijampolė - Šakiai

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Griežpelkiai I	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Kentriai	5.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Šikšniai	5.5 km	NorthWest
4 Lauksargiai	5.8 km	East
5 Kęsčiai	6.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius	Lithuania	211 km	East
2 Rīga	Latvia	233 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Warszawa	Poland	339 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 68 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nyoman main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Nemunas. The nearest bigger lake is Draudenių ež. (1 km² at a distance of 12.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Latvian border with a straight distance of 14.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Vilnius International Airport (at a distance of 216 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.5%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

73.9 km2

94.1%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Šakiai in country Lithuania

Šakiai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	71 km	West
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	180 km	East
3 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	214 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Juros upe žemiau Taurages	LT	6.7 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pagėgiai

Type of weather in Pagėgiai	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	7 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:14 Europe/Amsterdam