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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.9785,Lat: 49.058
Elevation	794 meter above sea level
Local time	7:09:37am
Name province/region	Žilinský kraj
Name Subregion	Liptovský Mikuláš
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Važec

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Východná	6.6 km	West
2 Štrba	7.4 km	East
3 Šuňava	8.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Hybe	10.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Mengusovce	11.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	186 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	236 km	WestSouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	282 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 576 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vah, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodná nádrž Liptovská Mara (19.9 km² at a distance of 28.8 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Holica with a height of 1575 meter (at a distance of 10.9 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 15.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 91%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Inner Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 114 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (at a distance of 19 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.9 km2

47.1%

Nature

4.8 km2

6.1%

Agriculture

34.7 km2

44.2%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Važec in country Slovakia

Važec at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	43 km	NorthWest
2 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	51 km	West
3 Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments	Slovakia	58 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Biely Vah	SK	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Strba

Type of weather in Strba	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	15 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	04:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:22 Europe/Amsterdam