Daugavpils district

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Daugavpils district
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Basic data
Country Latvia
Capital Daugavpils
surface 1,877.6 km²
Residents 25,499 (2015)
density 14 inhabitants per km²
founding 2009
ISO 3166-2 LV-025
Website www.dnd.lv (Latvian)
The Düna above Daugavpils
The Düna above Daugavpils

Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′  N , 26 ° 30 ′  E

The district Daugavpils ( Daugavas novads ) is an administrative district in the southeast of Latvia .

The city of Daugavpils (German: Dünaburg ) is an independent "republic city" and does not belong to the district. Nevertheless, the administration building is located in the city. (See also: Administrative division of Latvia )

geography

The Daugavpils district is the fourth largest in Latvia with 1877 km². It is sparsely populated and rural.

The district is rich in lakes. The Daugava flows through it. The stream and the banks of eight river loops between Kraslava and Naujene have formed the 120 km² Daugavas loki nature park (German: Düna-arches) since 1990 . The southern border of the district is also the state border with Lithuania and Belarus .

history

In 2009, 19 municipalities of the former Daugavpils district ( Latvian : Daugavpils apriņķis , since 1949 Daugavpils rajons ) merged to form the district of the same name.

Historically, the area was part of the mastership of Livonia ( Komturei Dünaburg , 1367–1559), the Livonian Voivodeship ( trakt Dyneburski , 1629–1772) and the Vitebsk Governorate ( Динабургский уезд , 1802–1917).

population

The Daugavpils district has 25,499 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2015). Only three of the approximately 650 places in the district had more than 1000 inhabitants in 2015, namely Kauja, Lociki and Vecstropi, all of which are located in the Daugavpils area.

See also

literature

  • Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Daugavas Loki" Nature Park (Daugava Arches) , accessed on May 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ Latvijas iedzivotaju skaits pašvaldibas = population of the self-governing districts (Latvian)
  3. ↑ Kauja
  4. ↑ Lociki
  5. ↑ Vecstropi

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