Ventspils

Summary

Ventspils is a state city of Latvia^[1]. Ventspils has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Ventspils is located in Latvia^[3].
• Ventspils is in the country of Latvia^[4].
• Ventspils is on the body of water Venta^[5].
• Ventspils's head of government is recorded as Aivars Lembergs^[6].
• Ventspils's head of government is recorded as Jānis Vītoliņš^[7].
• Ventspils's instance of is recorded as state city of Latvia^[8].
• Ventspils's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city^[9].
• Ventspils's shares border with is recorded as Tārgale Parish^[10].
• Ventspils's shares border with is recorded as Vārve Parish^[11].
• Venta is named after Ventspils^[12].
• castle is named after Ventspils^[13].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stralsund^[14].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lorient^[15].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Västervik Municipality^[16].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ningbo^[17].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vinnytsia^[18].
• Ventspils's postal code is recorded as LV-36(01-21)^[19].
• Ventspils's Commons category is recorded as Ventspils^[20].
• Ventspils's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[21].
• Ventspils's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[22].
• Ventspils's local dialing code is recorded as 36^[23].
• August 8, 1290 marks the founding of Ventspils^[24].
• Ventspils's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.389722222222, 'lon': 21.564444444444}^[25].
• Ventspils's official website is recorded as https://ventspils.lv^[26].
• Ventspils's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ventspils^[27].

Body

Geography

Ventspils is in the country of Latvia^[4]. Ventspils is located in Latvia^[3]. Ventspils is on the body of water Venta^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+32955'}^[28], {'amount': '+39861'}^[29], {'amount': '+35362'}^[30], {'amount': '+34377'}^[31], {'amount': '+36274'}^[32], and {'amount': '+33906'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include state city of Latvia^[8] and Hanseatic city^[9].

History and Context

August 8, 1290 marks the founding of Ventspils^[24]. Things named after include Venta^[12], a river^[34], in Latvia^[35] and castle^[13], a type of building^[36].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ventspils include Ventspils International Airport^[37], an international airport^[38], in Latvia^[39], founded in 1975^[40].

Why It Matters

Ventspils has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Ventspils is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Ventspils include Ventspils International Airport^[37], an international airport^[38], in Latvia^[39], founded in 1975^[40].