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Kurzeme

Kurzeme is the westernmost region of , along the Baltic Sea. The main attraction of this region is the Baltic Sea coast, an end of the world landscape beaten by the winds. The coastal roads allow to appreciate its wonderful landscapes.
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is a state city in western , located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest city in the Courland region and the third-largest in the country after and .

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is a state city in northwestern in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, had a population of 33,906.

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is a picturesque town on the Venta River in the Kurzeme region of western . Its old town was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023.

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Slītere National Park is a in , Courland, on the west coast of . Although formally established in 2000, it is based on the former Slītere Nature Reserve, one of the oldest nature reserves in Baltic States.

Kurzeme

Latitude of center
56.9835° or 56° 59′ 1″ north
Longitude of center
22.154° or 22° 9′ 15″ east
Population
330,000
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1629678526
Geo­Names ID
460496
Wiki­data ID
Q185072
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Kurzeme” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كورلاند”
  • Arabic: “كورلندا”
  • Aragonese: “Curlandia”
  • Armenian: “Կուրզեմե”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kurzeme”
  • Basque: “Kurlandia”
  • Belarusian: “Курземе”
  • Belarusian: “Курляндыя”
  • Breton: “Kurzeme”
  • Bulgarian: “Курландия”
  • Catalan: “Curlàndia”
  • Chinese: “库尔兰”
  • Chinese: “库尔兰半岛”
  • Chinese: “庫爾蘭”
  • Croatian: “Kurlandija”
  • Czech: “Kurland”
  • Czech: “Kuronsko”
  • Czech: “Kuroňsko”
  • Czech: “Kurzeme”
  • Danish: “Kurland”
  • Danish: “Kurzeme”
  • Dutch: “Koerland”
  • Dutch: “Kurzeme”
  • Esperanto: “Kurlando”
  • Esperanto: “Kuronio”
  • Esperanto: “Kurzeme”
  • Estonian: “Kuramaa”
  • Estonian: “Kurzeme”
  • Estonian: “Kuuramaa”
  • Finnish: “Kurzeme”
  • Finnish: “Kuurinmaa”
  • French: “Courland”
  • French: “Courlandais”
  • French: “Courlande”
  • French: “Kurzeme”
  • Galician: “Curlandia”
  • Galician: “Ducado de Curlandia”
  • Galician: “Gobernorato de Curlandia”
  • Georgian: “კურზემე”
  • Georgian: “კურლანდია”
  • German: “Kurland”
  • German: “Kurländer”
  • German: “Kurzeme”
  • Greek: “Κουρλάνδη”
  • Hebrew: “קורלאנד”
  • Hebrew: “קורלנד”
  • Hungarian: “Couronia”
  • Hungarian: “Curonia”
  • Hungarian: “Kurföld”
  • Hungarian: “Kurland”
  • Hungarian: “Kurlandia”
  • Hungarian: “Kursföld”
  • Hungarian: “Kurzeme”
  • Icelandic: “Kúrland”
  • Ido: “Kurlando”
  • Indonesian: “Kurlandia”
  • Indonesian: “Kuronia”
  • Italian: “Curlandia”
  • Italian: “Curonia”
  • Italian: “Kurland”
  • Italian: “Kurzeme”
  • Japanese: “クーアラント”
  • Japanese: “クールラント”
  • Japanese: “クールラント半島”
  • Japanese: “クルゼメ”
  • Kazakh: “Курземе”
  • Kirghiz: “Курземе”
  • Korean: “쿠르제메”
  • Korean: “쿠를란트”
  • Latgalian: “Kūrzeme”
  • Latin: “Curlandia”
  • Latvian: “Kurzeme”
  • Lithuanian: “Kuršas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kuržemė”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Kurlandska”
  • Macedonian: “Курземе”
  • Macedonian: “Курланд”
  • Macedonian: “Курландија”
  • Macedonian: “Куронија”
  • Macedonian: “Куронска”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurlendar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurlender”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurlending”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurzeme”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Couronia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Curonia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kuramaa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kurland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kurlandia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kurljandija”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kuršas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kurzeme”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Курляндия”
  • Norwegian: “Kurland”
  • Ossetian: “Курземе”
  • Persian: “کورلند”
  • Polish: “Kurlandia”
  • Polish: “Kurzeme”
  • Portuguese: “Curlândia”
  • Portuguese: “Kurzeme”
  • Portuguese: “Kurzemē”
  • Portuguese: “Península da Curlândia”
  • Romanian: “Curlanda”
  • Romanian: “Kurlanda”
  • Romanian: “Kurseme”
  • Romanian: “Kurzeme”
  • Russian: “Курземе”
  • Russian: “Курляндия”
  • Russian: “Курония”
  • Samogitian: “Kurzeme”
  • Samogitian: “Kuržemė”
  • Serbian: “Курландија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kurlandija”
  • Sicilian: “Curlannia”
  • Silesian: “Kurlandyjŏ”
  • Slovak: “Kurlandia”
  • Slovak: “Kuronsko”
  • Slovak: “Kurónsko”
  • Slovak: “Kurzeme”
  • Slovenian: “Kurlandija”
  • Spanish: “Curlandia”
  • Swedish: “Courland”
  • Swedish: “Couronia”
  • Swedish: “Curonia”
  • Swedish: “Kuramaa”
  • Swedish: “Kurland”
  • Swedish: “Kurlandia”
  • Swedish: “Kurljandija”
  • Swedish: “Kursas”
  • Swedish: “Kuršas”
  • Swedish: “Kurzeme”
  • Turkish: “Courland”
  • Turkish: “Kurland bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Kurland”
  • Turkish: “Kurlandiya bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Kurlandiya”
  • Ukrainian: “Курземе”
  • Ukrainian: “Курляндія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kurlandska”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kurska”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kurzeme”
  • Venetian: “Curlandia”
  • Vietnamese: “Courland”
  • Vietnamese: “Kurland”
  • Vietnamese: “Kurzeme”
  • Welsh: “Courland”
  • Western Frisian: “Koerlân”
  • Western Frisian: “Kûrlân”
  • “Curlant”
  • “Koržemė”

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