Place:Ventspils, Ventspils, Latvia

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NameVentspils
Alt namesVindausource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 988
Vindavasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XII, 310
Windausource: Wikipedia
Windawasource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates57.417°N 21.533°E
Located inVentspils, Latvia
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Ventspils (; , ; see other names) is a city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port. The city's name literally means "castle on the Venta", referring to the Livonian Order's castle built alongside the Venta River.

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