Embūte
Embūte is a village in Embūte Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. There are ruins of a bishop's castle built in 1265. The hilly area around the village is now part of a nature reserve.Places of Interest
Highlights include Embūte Castle and Embūte Nature Park.
Embūte Castle
Castle
The ruins of Embūte Castle are located in Embūte, Embūte Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, not far from an ancient hillfort erected by Curonians.
Embūte Nature Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Uldis Osis, CC BY 3.0.
Embūte Nature Park is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vībiņi and Dzelda.
Vībiņi
Village
Photo: AcidiX, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vībiņi is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Embūte.
Dzelda
Village
Photo: Kikos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dzelda is a village, which is situated 9 km northeast of Embūte.
Vaiņode
Village
Vaiņode is a village in Vaiņode Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The village developed around a railway station after 1871 between Liepāja and Mažeikiai. Vaiņode is situated 10 km south of Embūte.
Embūte
- Type: Hamlet with 21 residents
- Description: village in Latvia
- Categories: village in Latvia, small village in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Embūtes pagasts, South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.50614° or 56° 30′ 22″ northLongitude
21.81912° or 21° 49′ 9″ eastPopulation
21Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)Open location code
9G83GR49+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 561150789OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
460026Wikidata ID
Q5370280
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Turkish—“Embūte” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Эмбутэ”
- Dutch: “Embūte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “امبوتى”
- German: “Amboten”
- Latvian: “Amboten”
- Latvian: “Embūte”
- Lithuanian: “Embutė”
- Russian: “Эмбуте”
- Turkish: “Embute”
- Turkish: “Embūte”
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