Gotland County
Gotland Municipality
Östergarn

Ala

Ala is a populated area, a socken, on the Swedish island of . It comprises the same area as the administrative Ala District, established on 1 January 2016.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: socken in Gotland, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Ala socken” and “Ala, Gotland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ala Church and Hambrar.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a medieval church in Ala on the Swedish island of . Its oldest parts date from the 12th century. Damaged by fire in the 1930s, it still contains medieval murals and its original baptismal font.

Nature reserve
Photo: Tulipasylvestris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a nature reserve.

Nature reserve
Photo: Beninho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a nature reserve, which is situated 3½ km south of Ala.

Ala

Latitude
57.4258° or 57° 25′ 33″ north
Longitude
18.6351° or 18° 38′ 6″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
9F9WCJGP+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1313874397
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
8127439
Wiki­data ID
Q10404194
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Satellite Map

Discover Ala from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ala” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ala socken”
  • Chinese: “Ala Kàu-khu”
  • Danish: “Ala sogn”
  • Finnish: “Ala socken”
  • Finnish: “Ala”
  • Finnish: “Alan pitäjä”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ala Kàu-khu”
  • Swedish: “Ala socken”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Ala”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.