Kandava is a town in Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia, with a population of 3,656 as of January 2020. It also serves as the extra-territorial center of the adjacent Kandava Parish. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude57.036389 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Kandava (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 3,180 (2026)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 57.036389, longitude 22.776111
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 75 m
P2046 (area)
area 9.5 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 3180 (2026)
View the Source2. Kandava (Wikipedia)
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Kandava (; German: Kandau; Livonian: Kāndav) is a town in Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia.
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1230
As a settlement (villa Candowe), it is first mentioned in 1230 in a peace treaty between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, citizens of Riga, and the Curonian residents of the Abava valley.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1230
As a settlement (villa Candowe), it is first mentioned in 1230 in a peace treaty between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, citizens of Riga, and the Curonian residents of the Abava valley.
Source text, founding-year: 1230
As a settlement (villa Candowe), it is first mentioned in 1230 in a peace treaty between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, citizens of Riga, and the Curonian residents of the Abava valley.
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