Jelgava

Jelgava is a state city in central . It is located about 41 kilometres southwest of . With 54,408 people, it is the fourth most-populous city in Latvia.
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  • Type: City with 54,400 residents
  • Description: state city in central Latvia
  • Also known as: “Iyelgava”, “Jelgawa”, “Mitau”, “Mitava”, and “Mitawa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zemgale Olympic Center and St. Simeon and St. Anne’s Cathedral, Jelgava.

Stadium
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The is a multi-sports complex located in Jelgava, . It contains many facilities including an athletics field and football stadium, which serves as the home ground of FK Jelgava and BK Jelgava.

Church
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The Cathedral of Sts Simeon and Anne, located at 12 Akadēmijas Street in Jelgava, is a cathedral of the Latvian Orthodox Church, one of four Orthodox cathedrals in .

Manor estate
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is a manor estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ozolnieki and Āne.

Village
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is a in Parish, in the region of . The village is located at Iecava river approximately 36 km from the capital and 6 km from the city of Jelgava.

Village
is a large village in Cena Parish, in the region of . The village is located on the approximately 38 km from the capital city of and 7 km from city of Jelgava.

Village
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is a village.

Jelgava

Latitude
56.6522° or 56° 39′ 8″ north
Longitude
23.7292° or 23° 43′ 45″ east
Population
54,400
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LV JGA
Open location code
9G85MP2H+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26707263
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
459279
Wiki­data ID
Q179830
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Jelgava” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jelgava”
  • Amharic: “ጄልጋቫ”
  • Arabic: “يلجافا”
  • Arabic: “يلغافا”
  • Armenian: “Ելգավա”
  • Asturian: “Jelgava”
  • Azerbaijani: “Jelgava”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yelqava”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yelqаvа”
  • Basque: “Jelgava”
  • Basque: “Mitau”
  • Basque: “Mitava”
  • Basque: “Mitawa”
  • Belarusian: “Елгава”
  • Belarusian: “Елґава”
  • Belarusian: “Мітава”
  • Bengali: “জেলগাভা”
  • Bengali: “জেলাগাভা”
  • Bengali: “জেল্গাভা”
  • Breton: “Jelgava”
  • Bulgarian: “Елгава”
  • Bulgarian: “Йелгава”
  • Bulgarian: “Митава”
  • Catalan: “Jelgava”
  • Catalan: “Mitau”
  • Catalan: “Mitava”
  • Catalan: “Mitawa”
  • Cebuano: “Jelgava (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Jelgava”
  • Chechen: “Елгава”
  • Chinese: “叶尔加瓦”
  • Chinese: “叶尔加瓦市”
  • Chinese: “葉爾加瓦”
  • Chuvash: “Елгава”
  • Croatian: “Jelgava”
  • Czech: “Jelgava”
  • Danish: “Jelgava”
  • Danish: “Mitau”
  • Dutch: “Jelgava”
  • Dutch: “Mitau”
  • Dutch: “Mitava”
  • Dutch: “Mitawa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يلجافا”
  • Esperanto: “Jelgava”
  • Esperanto: “Mitau”
  • Esperanto: “Mitava”
  • Esperanto: “Mitawa”
  • Estonian: “Jelgava”
  • Estonian: “Miitav”
  • Estonian: “Miitavi”
  • Estonian: “Mitau”
  • Finnish: “Jelgava”
  • Finnish: “Mitau”
  • Finnish: “Mitava”
  • French: “Jelgava”
  • French: “Mitau”
  • French: “Mitava”
  • French: “Mittau”
  • Galician: “Jelgava”
  • Georgian: “ელგავა”
  • German: “Jelgava”
  • German: “Mitau”
  • German: “Mitava”
  • German: “Mitawa”
  • German: “Republik-Stadt Jelgava”
  • Greek: “Γιέλγκαβα”
  • Gujarati: “જેલગાવા”
  • Hausa: “Jelgava”
  • Hebrew: “ילגאבה”
  • Hebrew: “ילגבה”
  • Hebrew: “מיטאבה”
  • Hebrew: “מיטאו”
  • Hebrew: “מיטאוה”
  • Hebrew: “מיטאווה”
  • Hebrew: “מיטבה”
  • Hebrew: “מיטווה”
  • Hebrew: “מיטוי”
  • Hindi: “जेलगावा”
  • Hindi: “मीटाउ”
  • Hindi: “येलगावा”
  • Hungarian: “Jelgava”
  • Ido: “Jelgava”
  • Inari Sami: “Jelgava”
  • Indonesian: “Jelgava”
  • Italian: “Jelgava”
  • Italian: “Mintauja”
  • Italian: “Mitau”
  • Italian: “Mittau”
  • Japanese: “イェルガヴァ”
  • Japanese: “イェルガバ”
  • Japanese: “エルガヴァ”
  • Japanese: “エルガバ”
  • Japanese: “ジェルガヴァ”
  • Japanese: “ジェルガバ”
  • Japanese: “ミタウ”
  • Japanese: “ヤルガヴァ”
  • Japanese: “ヤルガバ”
  • Javanese: “Jelgava”
  • Kalaallisut: “Jelgava”
  • Kannada: “ಜೆಲ್ಗವ”
  • Kannada: “ಜೆಲ್ಗಾವಾ”
  • Kashubian: “Jelgava”
  • Kazakh: “Elgava”
  • Kazakh: “Елгава”
  • Kazakh: “ەلگاۆا”
  • Kirghiz: “Елгава”
  • Korean: “옐가바”
  • Latgalian: “Meitova”
  • Latin: “Mitavia”
  • Latvian: “Jelgava”
  • Latvian: “Jelgavas valstspilsēta”
  • Latvian: “Mitau”
  • Latvian: “Mītava”
  • Lithuanian: “Jelgava”
  • Lithuanian: “Mintauja”
  • Luxembourgish: “Jelgava”
  • Macedonian: “Јелгава”
  • Malagasy: “Jelgava”
  • Malay: “Jelgava”
  • Marathi: “जेऌगवा”
  • Marathi: “जेलगावा”
  • Marathi: “येल्गाव्हा”
  • Moksha: “Елгава”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jelgava”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jelgava”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mitau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mitawa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jelgava”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mintauja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mitau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mītava”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mitaw”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mitawa”
  • Norwegian: “Jelgava”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jelgava”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mitau”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mitava”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mitawa”
  • Oromo: “Jelgava”
  • Ossetian: “Елгавæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੇਲਗਾਵਾ”
  • Persian: “یلگاوا”
  • Piemontese: “Jelgava”
  • Polish: “Jelgava”
  • Polish: “Jełgawa”
  • Polish: “Mitawa”
  • Portuguese: “Jelgava”
  • Portuguese: “Mitau”
  • Pushto: “جلګاوا”
  • Romanian: “Jelgava”
  • Russian: “Елгава”
  • Russian: “Митава” (historical)
  • Russian: “Митау”
  • Samogitian: “Jelgava”
  • Scots: “Jelgava”
  • Serbian: “Jelgava”
  • Serbian: “Град Јелгава”
  • Serbian: “Јелгава”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jelgava”
  • Silesian: “Jelgava”
  • Sinhala: “ජෙල්ගවා”
  • Sinhala: “ජෙල්ගාවා”
  • Slovak: “Jelgava”
  • Slovenian: “Jelgava”
  • Somali: “Jelgava”
  • Spanish: “Jelgava”
  • Spanish: “Mitau”
  • Spanish: “Mitava”
  • Spanish: “Mitawa”
  • Swahili: “Jelgava”
  • Swedish: “Jelgava”
  • Swedish: “Mintauja”
  • Swedish: “Mitau”
  • Swedish: “Mitava”
  • Swedish: “Mitawa”
  • Tajik: “Елгава”
  • Tamil: “ஜெல்கவா”
  • Tatar: “Елгава”
  • Telugu: “జెల్గావా”
  • Thai: “เยลกาวา”
  • Thai: “แย็ลกาวา”
  • Tumbuka: “Jelgava”
  • Turkish: “Jelgava”
  • Ukrainian: “Єлгава”
  • Ukrainian: “Митава”
  • Ukrainian: “Мітава”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Jelgava”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Mitau, Mitawa”
  • Urdu: “جلگاوا”
  • Urdu: “یالگاوا”
  • Uzbek: “Jelgava”
  • Uzbek: “Yelgava”
  • Veps: “Elgav”
  • Vietnamese: “Jelgava”
  • Volapük: “Jelgava”
  • Võro: “Jelgava”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jelgava”
  • Welsh: “Jelgava”
  • Wu Chinese: “叶尔加瓦”
  • Yue Chinese: “葉爾加瓦”
  • “Jelgava”

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