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Ikšķile

Northern Europe

Ikskile is a town in Ogre municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the right bank of the Daugava River about 28 kilometers from Riga and 7 kilometers from Ogre. It sits along the A6 highway and the Riga-Daugavpils railway line, was the first capital of the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Livonia, and is home to the oldest stone building in the Eastern Baltic. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
7412 1
Area (sq km)
9.95 1
Founding Year
1992 1
Population Estimate Year
2026 1
Elevation (m)
20 1
Latitude
56.836667 degrees north 1
Longitude
24.496389 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Ikskile (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 7,412 (2026)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 56.836667, longitude 24.496389
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 20 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 9.95 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1992
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 7412 (2026)
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2. GeoNames: Ikšķile - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 33 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 56.75, 24.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 56.75, 24.25
56.75 24.25 Dfb
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4. GeoNames: Ikšķile - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 459598
Quote, cities500 record 459598
56.83399 24.49679 P PPL LV 21 0740605 7448 33 Europe/Riga
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Ikskile (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Quote, Lead section
Ikšķile (Latvian pronunciation: [ˈikʃcile], ; German: Uexküll, or Üxküll; Swedish: Yxkull; Livonian: Ikškilā) is a town in Ogre Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia.
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Ikskile (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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