Shakhunya

General information - Location

Country	Russia
Location in country	Center (of European part Russia)
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 46.767,Lat: 57.683
Elevation	170 meter above sea level
Local time	4:43:08am
Name region/province:	Nizhegorod
Name subregion:	Nizhegorod

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vakhtan	22.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Pizhma	32.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Tonkino	33 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Syava	47.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Kiknur	56.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Moskva	Russia	588 km	SouthWest
2 Minsk	Belarus	1266 km	SouthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	1273 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The White Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 847 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vetluga, part of the larger catchment area Volga.

The most nearby international border is the Kazakh-Russian border with a straight distance of 714.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1000 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kazan International Airport (at a distance of 279 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Yoshkar-Ola Airport (at a distance of 130 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shakhunya in country Russia

Shakhunya at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk	Russian Federation	244 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin	Russian Federation	256 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex	Russian Federation	336 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shakhun'ya

Type of weather in Shakhun'ya	light snow
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	985 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:06 Europe/Amsterdam