Rucava
Rucava is a village in the Rucava Parish of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Rucava had 495 residents as of 2021.Photo: Matasg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 495 residents
- Description: village in Latvia
- Also known as: “Paurupe”, “Rucavas”, “Rutsava”, and “Ruzau”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Senoji Įpiltis and Kalnišķi.
Senoji Įpiltis
Village
Photo: Kanarskas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Senoji Įpiltis is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Rucava.
Kalnišķi
Village
Photo: Voll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nīca Parish is an administrative unit of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Its center is the village of Nīca. The parish has a population of 2,896 and covers an area of 230.3 square kilometres. Kalnišķi is situated 8 km northwest of Rucava.
Pape
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pape is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Rucava.
Rucava
- Categories: village in Latvia, large village in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Rucavas pagasts, South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.15939° or 56° 9′ 34″ northLongitude
21.16172° or 21° 9′ 42″ eastPopulation
495Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)United Nations Location Code
LV ZRUOpen location code
9G835556+QMOpenStreetMap ID
node 290491959OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Rucava” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Руцава”
- Cebuano: “Rucava”
- Chinese: “鲁察瓦”
- Dutch: “Rucava”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روكاڤا”
- Estonian: “Rucava”
- French: “Rucava”
- German: “Rucava”
- German: “Rucavas novads”
- Italian: “Rucava”
- Latvian: “Rucava”
- Latvian: “Rutzau”
- Latvian: “Rutzowe”
- Lithuanian: “Rucava”
- Lithuanian: “Rukiava”
- Persian: “روتساوا”
- Russian: “Руцава”
- Samogitian: “Rokiava”
- Spanish: “Rucava”
- Swedish: “Rucava”
- Turkish: “Rucava”
- Ukrainian: “Руцава”
- “Rokiava”
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