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Kandava

Northern Europe

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/

Facts
Population
3180 1
Area (sq km)
9.5 1
Founding Year
1230 2
Founding Year
1230 2
Population Estimate Year
2026 1
Elevation (m)
75 1
Latitude
57.036389 degrees north 1
Longitude
22.776111 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
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)
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2. Kandava (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    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.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Kandava - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 459031
    57.04087 22.77466 P PPLA2 LV 29 0901211 3232 81 Europe/Riga
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 81 m
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4. 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 57.25, 22.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 57.25, 22.75
57.25 22.75 Dfb
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