La Sila

La Sila, also simply Sila, is the name of the mountainous plateau and historic region located in , southern Italy. The Sila National Park is known to have the purest air in Europe.
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,928 metres
  • Description: mountain range
  • Also known as: Silagian Mountains

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lorica.

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La Sila

Latitude
39.25° or 39° 15′ north
Longitude
16.5° or 16° 30′ east
Elevation
1,928 metres (6,325 feet)
Open location code
8FFR7G22+22
Geo­Names ID
2524436
Wiki­data ID
Q1088296
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Venetian—“La Sila” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: Сила
  • Catalan: Sila
  • Cebuano: La Sila
  • Chinese: 錫拉山
  • Chinese: 锡拉山
  • Czech: Sila
  • Danish: Sila
  • Dutch: Sila
  • Egyptian Arabic: لا سيلا
  • Esperanto: Silo
  • French: La Sila
  • French: Sila
  • German: Sila
  • Hungarian: Sila-fennsík
  • Italian: Altopiano della Sila
  • Italian: Altopiano silano
  • Italian: Foresta silana
  • Italian: Sila
  • Japanese: シーラ (イタリア)
  • Japanese: シーラ山脈
  • Ladin: La Sila
  • Latin: Silva Brutia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: La Sila
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Silafjella
  • Russian: Sila
  • Russian: Сила (горы)
  • Russian: Сила
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sila (visoravan)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sila
  • Sicilian: Sila
  • Spanish: La Sila
  • Swedish: Sila
  • Venetian: Sila

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “La Sila”. Photo: Agos vi, CC BY-SA 4.0.