Liepāja

Liepāja is a state city in western , located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest city in the region and the third-largest in the country after and .
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  • Type: City with 67,400 residents
  • Description: state city in western Latvia, along the Baltic Sea
  • Also known as: “Leepaja”, “Lepaya”, “Liba”, “Libau”, “Libave”, “Liepaiya”, “Liepaja”, “Liepoja”, “Lietaja”, “Lietaya”, and “Lipawa”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Daugava Stadium and Liepāja Station.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium in Liepāja, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Liepāja, also was in the past the home stadium of FHK Liepājas Metalurgs.

Railway station
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is the railway station for Liepāja on the Jelgava – Liepāja Railway.

Theater building
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY 3.0.
is a theatre in Liepāja, . It was established in 1907.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karosta and Ziemeļu priekšpilsēta.

Suburb
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former Russian and Soviet naval base on the Baltic Sea, which today is a neighbourhood in Liepāja, . The base was built because, when the Hohenzollern Kingdom of Prussia merged into the German Empire in 1871, became its northeasternmost settlement.

Suburb
is a modern neighborhood in Liepāja, . Located south from next to Jaunliepāja. In the recent years there has been a high crime rate and it is considered as an unsafe neighborhood.

Suburb
is a of Liepāja, . It is located near the east border of the city, south of the Zaļā birzeneighborhood and the Jelgava–Liepāja Railway.

Liepāja

Latitude
56.5048° or 56° 30′ 17″ north
Longitude
21.0071° or 21° 0′ 26″ east
Population
67,400
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
LPX
United Nations Location Code
LV LPX
Open location code
9G83G234+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27155834
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
457954
Wiki­data ID
Q167668
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Satellite Map

Discover Liepāja from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Liepāja” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Liepaja”
  • Amharic: “ልየፓያ”
  • Arabic: “ليباجا”
  • Arabic: “ليبايا”
  • Armenian: “Լիեպայա”
  • Asturian: “Liepāja”
  • Azerbaijani: “Liepaja”
  • Azerbaijani: “Liepaya”
  • Basque: “Liba”
  • Basque: “Libave”
  • Basque: “Liebau”
  • Basque: “Liepāja”
  • Basque: “Liepoja”
  • Basque: “Lipawa”
  • Belarusian: “Лібава”
  • Belarusian: “Ліепая”
  • Bengali: “লিপাজা”
  • Bengali: “লিয়েপাজা”
  • Breton: “Liepaja”
  • Bulgarian: “Лиепая”
  • Catalan: “Libau”
  • Catalan: “Libave”
  • Catalan: “Liepāja”
  • Catalan: “Liepoja”
  • Cebuano: “Liepāja”
  • Chechen: “Лиепая”
  • Chinese: “利耶帕亚”
  • Chinese: “利耶帕亚市”
  • Chinese: “利耶帕亞”
  • Chuvash: “Лиепая”
  • Croatian: “Liepaja”
  • Croatian: “Liepāja”
  • Czech: “Libau”
  • Czech: “Liepaja”
  • Czech: “Liepāja”
  • Czech: “Lipava”
  • Danish: “Libau”
  • Danish: “Libaus”
  • Danish: “Liepaja”
  • Danish: “Liepāja”
  • Dutch: “Liba”
  • Dutch: “Libau”
  • Dutch: “Libave”
  • Dutch: “Liepāja”
  • Dutch: “Liepoja”
  • Dutch: “Lipawa”
  • Eastern Mari: “Лиепай”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليباجا”
  • Esperanto: “Liba”
  • Esperanto: “Libau”
  • Esperanto: “Libave”
  • Esperanto: “Liepāja”
  • Esperanto: “Liepoja”
  • Esperanto: “Lipawa”
  • Estonian: “Liepaja”
  • Estonian: “Liepāja”
  • Estonian: “Liibav”
  • Estonian: “Liibavi”
  • Finnish: “Libau”
  • Finnish: “Liepaja”
  • Finnish: “Liepāja”
  • French: “Liba”
  • French: “Libau”
  • French: “Libave”
  • French: “Liepaja”
  • French: “Liepāja”
  • French: “Liepoja”
  • French: “Lipawa”
  • Galician: “Liepaja”
  • Galician: “Liepāja”
  • Georgian: “ლიეპაია”
  • German: “Liba”
  • German: “Libau (Kurland)”
  • German: “Libau”
  • German: “Libave”
  • German: “Liepāja”
  • German: “Liepoja”
  • German: “Lipawa”
  • German: “Republik-Stadt Liepāja”
  • Greek: “Λιεπαγια”
  • Greek: “Λιεπάγια”
  • Greek: “Λιέπαγια”
  • Gujarati: “લીપાજા”
  • Gujarati: “લીપેજા”
  • Hausa: “Liepaja”
  • Hebrew: “ליאפייה”
  • Hebrew: “ליבאבה”
  • Hebrew: “ליבאו”
  • Hebrew: “ליבאווה”
  • Hebrew: “לייפאיה”
  • Hebrew: “ליפאיה”
  • Hindi: “लाइपाया”
  • Hindi: “लिएपाजा”
  • Hindi: “लीपाजा”
  • Hungarian: “Liepāja”
  • Ido: “Liepāja”
  • Inari Sami: “Liepāja”
  • Indonesian: “Liepaja”
  • Indonesian: “Liepāja”
  • Interlingue: “Liepāja”
  • Irish: “Liepāja”
  • Italian: “Liba”
  • Italian: “Libau”
  • Italian: “Libave”
  • Italian: “Liepāja”
  • Italian: “Liepoja”
  • Italian: “Lipawa”
  • Japanese: “リーバウ”
  • Japanese: “リエパーヤ”
  • Japanese: “リエパヤ”
  • Japanese: “リバウ”
  • Javanese: “Liepaja”
  • Kalaallisut: “Liepāja”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಏಪಜಾ”
  • Kannada: “ಲೈಪಾಜ”
  • Kazakh: “Lïyepaya”
  • Kazakh: “Лиепая”
  • Kazakh: “لىييەپايا”
  • Kirghiz: “Лиепая”
  • Korean: “리에파야”
  • Korean: “리예파야”
  • Latgalian: “Līpuoja”
  • Latin: “Liba”
  • Latvian: “Libau”
  • Latvian: “Liepaja”
  • Latvian: “Liepāja”
  • Latvian: “Liepājas valstspilsēta”
  • Latvian: “Liepoja”
  • Latvian: “Lipawa”
  • Latvian: “ליבאַװע”
  • Lithuanian: “Liepaja”
  • Lithuanian: “Liepoja”
  • Lithuanian: “Liepojos miestas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Liepaja”
  • Luxembourgish: “Liepāja”
  • Macedonian: “Лиепаја”
  • Macedonian: “Лијепаја”
  • Malagasy: “Liepaja”
  • Malay: “Liepaja”
  • Malay: “Liepāja”
  • Marathi: “लीपाया”
  • Moksha: “Лиепая”
  • Northern Frisian: “Liepāja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Libau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Liepaja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Liepāja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Liepoja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lipawa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Libau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Libava”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liepaja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liepāja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liepoja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lijepaja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lipawa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lybava”
  • Norwegian: “Liepāja”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Liba”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Libau”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Libave”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Liepāja”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Liepoja”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lipawa”
  • Oromo: “Liepaja”
  • Ossetian: “Либава”
  • Ossetian: “Лиепая”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਿਪਾਯਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੀਪਾਜ਼ਾ”
  • Persian: “لیپایا”
  • Polish: “Liepaja”
  • Polish: “Liepāja”
  • Polish: “Lipawa”
  • Portuguese: “Libau”
  • Portuguese: “Liepaja”
  • Portuguese: “Liepāja”
  • Pushto: “لیپایا”
  • Romanian: “Liepaia”
  • Romanian: “Liepaja”
  • Romanian: “Liepāja”
  • Russian: “Liepaja”
  • Russian: “Либава” (historical)
  • Russian: “Либау”
  • Russian: “Лиепая”
  • Samogitian: “Lėipuojė”
  • Scots: “Liepāja”
  • Serbian: “Liepāja”
  • Serbian: “Lijepaja”
  • Serbian: “Град Лиепаја”
  • Serbian: “Лиепаја”
  • Serbian: “Лијепаја”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Liepāja”
  • Silesian: “Liepāja”
  • Sinhala: “ලිපාජා”
  • Sinhala: “ලීපජා”
  • Slovak: “Libau”
  • Slovak: “Liepaja”
  • Slovak: “Liepāja”
  • Slovak: “Lipava”
  • Slovenian: “Liepāja”
  • Somali: “Liepaja”
  • Spanish: “Liba”
  • Spanish: “Libau”
  • Spanish: “Libave”
  • Spanish: “Liepāja”
  • Spanish: “Lipawa”
  • Swahili: “Liepaja”
  • Swedish: “Libau”
  • Swedish: “Libava”
  • Swedish: “Libawa”
  • Swedish: “Liepaja”
  • Swedish: “Liepāja”
  • Swedish: “Lijepaja”
  • Swedish: “Lipawa”
  • Swedish: “Republikstad Liepāja”
  • Swedish: “Seeburg”
  • Tajik: “Лиепая”
  • Tamil: “லிபாஜா”
  • Tamil: “லிப்பாஜா”
  • Tatar: “Лиепая”
  • Telugu: “లీపాజా”
  • Thai: “เลียปายา”
  • Tumbuka: “Liepāja”
  • Turkish: “Liepaja”
  • Turkish: “Liepāja”
  • Ukrainian: “Либава”
  • Ukrainian: “Лиепая”
  • Ukrainian: “Лібава”
  • Ukrainian: “Лієпая”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Libau”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Libawa”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Liepāja”
  • Urdu: “لیاپائیا”
  • Urdu: “لیپایا”
  • Uzbek: “Liepaja”
  • Uzbek: “Liyepaya”
  • Veps: “Lepai”
  • Vietnamese: “Liepaja”
  • Vietnamese: “Liepāja”
  • Volapük: “Liepaja”
  • Volapük: “Liepāja”
  • Võro: “Liepāja”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Liepāja”
  • Welsh: “Liepāja”
  • Wu Chinese: “利耶帕亚”
  • Yiddish: “ליבאַװע”
  • Yue Chinese: “利耶帕亞”
  • “Lėipuojė”
  • “Liepāja”

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