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![Hierarchy of Ventspils (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Ventspils (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 57 23 20 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 57.3894 decimal degrees |
Long: 021 33 36 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.5606 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient settlement dates to 2nd mill. BCE; settled by Slavic Wends by 10th cen. CE; fortified by Livonian Knights in 1242; town status granted in 1378; shipyard built in 1642, & town grew; noted today as important ice-free port for export of petroleum. |
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Ventspils (preferred,C,V)
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Windau (C,O,German,U,N)
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Vindau (C,O,German,U,N)
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Windawa (C,V,Polish,U)
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Vǟnta (C,V,Livonian,U)
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Вентспилс (C,V,Russian,U)
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Vindava (H,V)
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............ | name used 1721-1918 |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by 2nd mill. BCE, modern town was founded in 1378 |
city (C) |
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district capital (C) |
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port (C) |
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transportation center (C) |
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fishing community (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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