Saldus

city and capital of Saldus Municipality, Latvia
Place city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia Q744247
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Saldus

Summary

Saldus is a city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[1]. Saldus draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia category, ranking #11 of 71).[2]

Key Facts

  • Saldus is located in Saldus Municipality[3].
  • Saldus is in the country of Latvia[4].
  • Saldus is on the body of water Ciecere River[5].
  • Saldus is on the body of water Q50049513[6].
  • Saldus is on the body of water Saldus Ezers[7].
  • Saldus's image is recorded as Saldus - panoramio (1).jpg[8].
  • Saldus's instance of is recorded as city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[9].
  • Saldus's flag image is recorded as Bandera Saldus.png[10].
  • Saldus's coat of arms image is recorded as Saldus COA.svg[11].
  • Saldus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Villebon-sur-Yvette[12].
  • Saldus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stargard[13].
  • Saldus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mažeikiai[14].
  • Saldus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Liederbach am Taunus[15].
  • Saldus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Šilutė[16].
  • Saldus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sankt Andrä[17].
  • Saldus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lidingö[18].
  • Saldus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135051096[19].
  • Saldus's GND ID is recorded as 1048044599[20].
  • Saldus's locator map image is recorded as Latvia city Saldus.png[21].
  • Saldus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n98078975[22].
  • Saldus's postal code is recorded as LV-3801[23].
  • Saldus's Commons category is recorded as Saldus[24].
  • Saldus's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1818974[25].
  • +1917-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Saldus[26].
  • Saldus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.666666666667, 'lon': 22.493611111111}[27].

Body

Geography

Saldus is in the country of Latvia[4]. Saldus is located in Saldus Municipality[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Ciecere River[5], a river[28], in Latvia[29]; Q50049513[6]; and Saldus Ezers[7], a bathing site[30], in Latvia[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.1'}[32], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.101535'}[33], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.11'}[34], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.70'}[35]. Saldus's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+95'}[36]. Population counts include {'amount': '+10627'}[37], {'amount': '+10311'}[38], {'amount': '+9937'}[39], {'amount': '+9775'}[40], {'amount': '+9679'}[41], and {'amount': '+9520'}[42].

Designation and Status

Saldus's instance of is recorded as city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[9].

History and Context

+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Saldus[26].

Why It Matters

Saldus draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia category, ranking #11 of 71).[2] Saldus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Saldus is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  26. [37] . Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. pmlp.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [38] . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . data.csb.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [39] . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . data.csb.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [40] . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [41] . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [42] . data.stat.gov.lv. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [36] . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . data.gov.lv. Retrieved . data.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [34] . data.stat.gov.lv. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [35] . data.stat.gov.lv. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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