Jaunjelgava, whose name means New Jelgava and which carried the German names Neustadt and Friedrichstadt, is a town on the left bank of the Daugava River in Aizkraukle Municipality, in the Selonia region of Latvia, about 80 kilometers southeast of Riga. It received town rights in 1647 and had a population of 1,616 as of 2026, and it now serves as the extra-territorial administrative center of the surrounding Jaunjelgava Parish.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Jaunjelgava (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 1,616 (2026)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 56.6175, longitude 25.081389
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 35 m
P2046 (area)
area 6.15 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1647
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 1616 (2026)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Jaunjelgava - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 459402
56.61319 25.08316 P PPL LV 01 0321007 1938 44 Europe/Riga
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 44 m
View the Source 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, 25.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 56.75, 25.25
56.75 25.25 Dfb
Jaunjelgava (Wikipedia)
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Jaunjelgava (, literally "New Jelgava"; German: Neustadt; Friedrichstadt) is a town on the left bank of the Daugava River in Aizkraukle Municipality, in the Selonia region of Latvia, about 80 km southeast of Riga.
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