Šimkai
Šimkai is a village in Kretingalės sen., Klaipėda District Municipality, Klaipėda County and has about 18 residents. Šimkai is situated nearby to the village Kuršeliai, as well as near the locality Laukžemiai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 18 residents
- Description: village in Kretingalė Eldership, Lithuania
- Also known as: “Shamkay” and “Simkai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eketės piliakalnis and Church of the Holy Family, Plikiai.
Eketės piliakalnis
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eketės piliakalnis is situated 3 km west of Šimkai.
Church of the Holy Family, Plikiai
Church
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of the Holy Family, Plikiai is situated 3½ km southeast of Šimkai.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Plikiai
Church
Photo: Kl investigator, GFDL.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Plikiai is situated 4 km southeast of Šimkai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Radailiai and Pipirai.
Vitiniai
Village
Photo: Kanarskas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vitiniai is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Šimkai.
Šimkai
- Category: locality
- Location: Kretingalės sen., Klaipėda District Municipality, Klaipėda County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
55.80181° or 55° 48′ 7″ northLongitude
21.22595° or 21° 13′ 33″ eastPopulation
18Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
9G73R62G+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1165870617OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
594644Wikidata ID
Q13194409
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Samogitian—“Šimkai” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Šimkai”
- Lithuanian: “Šimkai”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Šimkai”
- Samogitian: “Šėmkā (Klaipieda)”
- “Šėmkā”
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Localities in the Area
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