Ventspils

Summary

Ventspils is a state city of Latvia^[1]. Ventspils draws 165 Wikipedia views per month (state_city_of_latvia category, ranking #5 of 10).^[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 image is recorded as Ventspils viduslaiku pils 5.jpg^[8].
• Ventspils's instance of is recorded as state city of Latvia^[9].
• Ventspils's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city^[10].
• Ventspils's flag image is recorded as Flag of Ventspils.svg^[11].
• Ventspils's shares border with is recorded as Tārgale Parish^[12].
• Ventspils's shares border with is recorded as Vārve Parish^[13].
• Ventspils's coat of arms image is recorded as LVA Ventspils COA.svg^[14].
• Venta is named after Ventspils^[15].
• castle is named after Ventspils^[16].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stralsund^[17].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lorient^[18].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Västervik Municipality^[19].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ningbo^[20].
• Ventspils's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vinnytsia^[21].
• Ventspils's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167610018^[22].
• Ventspils's GND ID is recorded as 5030736-8^[23].
• Ventspils's locator map image is recorded as Latvija Ventspils 2021.svg^[24].
• Ventspils's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84020296^[25].
• Ventspils's postal code is recorded as LV-36(01-21)^[26].
• Ventspils's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as LV-VEN^[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^[9] and Hanseatic city^[10].

History and Context

+1290-08-08T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ventspils^[34]. Things named after include Venta^[15], a river^[35], in Latvia^[36] and castle^[16], a type of building^[37].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ventspils include Ventspils International Airport^[38], an international airport^[39], in Latvia^[40], founded in 1975^[41].

Why It Matters

Ventspils draws 165 Wikipedia views per month (state_city_of_latvia category, ranking #5 of 10).^[2] Ventspils has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Ventspils is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Ventspils include Ventspils International Airport^[38], an international airport^[39], in Latvia^[40], founded in 1975^[41].