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A6 Road (Latvia)
The A6 is a national road in Latvia, connecting Riga to the Belarusian border at Pāternieki. It bypasses Daugavpils in its north and passes through Krāslava and is also known as the Daugavpils Highway in Latvia. The road is part of European route E22, European route E262 and the Latvian TEN-T road network. Once inside Belarus, the road becomes the Belarusian P20. The length of the A6 in Latvian territory is . Currently the A6 has two lanes in each direction between Riga and Ogre and between Nīcgale and Daugavpils, with other parts having just a single carriageway. The current speed limit in winter is , but in summer the dual carriageway parts are raised to . Since 2013 a shorter route has replaced the Salaspils-Koknese section of A6 (numbered as P80), mainly built for transit traffic. The construction of it was first started in the 1980s, but the plan was abandoned later. The first stage of the construction starts in Tīnuži and ends in Koknese. It was planned to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pļaviņas
Pļaviņas (; german: Stockmannshof) is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality in Latvia. The town is located on the Daugava river. The population in 2020 was 2,974. Latvian law defines the town of Pļaviņas as belonging partly to the Vidzeme region and partly to Latgale. Latviešu vēsturisko zemju likums See also *List of cities in Latvia
There are 7 cities ( lv, Republikas pilsētas, "republican cities") and 81 towns ( lv, Novada pilsētas, "municipality towns") in Latvia. By Latvian law, towns are settlements that are centers of culture and commerce with a well-developed architec ...
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Aizkraukle
Aizkraukle (german: Ascheraden) is a town in Vidzeme region in Latvia, the administrative centre of Aizkraukle Municipality on the right bank of the Daugava River. The population in 2020 was 7,018. History In the second half of the 14th century Livonian Order built the Aizkraukle Castle, a few kilometres downstream from the ancient hillfort of Livs The Livonians, or Livs ( Livonian: ''līvlizt''; Estonian: ''liivlased''; Latvian: ''līvi'', ''lībieši''), are a Balto-Finnic people indigenous to northern and northwestern Latvia. Livonians historically spoke Livonian, a Uralic language .... The ruins of the castle still remain today. Before World War I, the settlement that stood near the site of modern-day Aizkraukle was known by its German language, German name of ''Ascheraden''. The modern town was established in 1961 as a settlement to house the builders of the nearby Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station, hydroelectric power plant of Pļaviņas.Pospelov, p. 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
P87 Road (Latvia)
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Skrīveri
Skrīveri (german: Römerhof) is a village in Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, near Riga–Daugavpils Railway. Skrīveri had 2,424 residents in 2022. In Skrīveri there is a Municipal council, Andrejs Upītis Skrīveri Secondary School, music and art school, kindergarten "Sprīdītis", post office, Catholic church, culture house, library, Andrejs Upīts memorial museum. South of Skriveri near the highway A6 is and Skriveri Agricultural Research Institute. History The settlement is located on the land of the former Römerhof estate, which Gotthard Kettler had given a certain Stephan Römer. This is how the name came about. In 1634 property became part of . The Latvian name Skrīveri is derived from the sv, skreivet (to write) since in 1634 the property became possession of the Swedish notary Johann Niemier, who was also referred simply as the “scribe”. When the Römershof train station was opened in 1882 village Skrīveri began to develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
P32 Road (Latvia)
P3, P-3, P.3, or P03 may refer to: Entertainment * ''Persona 3'', a 2006 video game * ''Postal III'', a 2011 video game * ''Third'' (Portishead album), 2008 music album * P3 Club, a fictional nightclub in the television series '' Charmed'' * '' PartyNextDoor 3'', an album by PartyNextDoor * '' Periphery III: Select Difficulty'', Periphery's fifth album, released in 2016. Radio stations * DR P3, Denmark * NRK P3, Norway * Sveriges Radio P3, Sweden Organisations * P3 group (formerly also P3 Ingenieurgesellschaft), a German engineering service provision company * P3 art and environment, an arts organisation in Tokyo, Japan * Polish Pirate Party, a political party in Poland based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party * P3 International, the maker of Kill A Watt electricity usage meters Science and technology * P3 laboratory, biosafety-level-3 laboratory * ATC code P03 ''Ectoparasiticides, including scabicides, insecticides and repellents'', a subgroup of the Anatomical Therape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ķegums
Ķegums (; german: Keggum)) is a town in Ogre Municipality situated mostly on the right bank of the Daugava River. Latvian law defines Ķegums town as divided between two regions, Vidzeme on the right bank of the Daugava and Semigallia on the left bank.. History The construction of the town was started in 1936 as a settlement to house the workers constructing the Ķegums Hydroelectric Power Station. Ķegums was granted town status in 1991. Sport Ķegums has been host to the Latvian Grand Prix of Motocross World Championship and Sidecarcross World Championship numerous times. Ķegums hosted Latvian Grand Prix of Motocross World Championship during the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015. See also *List of cities in Latvia *Latvian fleet that fought for the Allies in World War II The part of the Latvian fleet that fought for the Allies in World War II under the flag of Latvia consisted of eight freighters: ''Abagra'', ''Ciltvaira'', ''Regent'', ''Everasma'', '' Everalda'', ''Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
P8 Road (Latvia)
P8, P-8, P.8, or P 8 may refer to: In transportation or aviation * Boeing XP-8, prototype United States biplane fighter of the 1920s * Bowin P8, Formula 5000 and Formula 2 class of race car * P-8 Poseidon, an anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft intended to search for and destroy submarines and conduct shipping interdiction * Pantanal Linhas Aéreas, airline based in São Paulo, Brazil that used to have the IATA airline designator P8 * Piaggio P.8, an Italian reconnaissance floatplane of 1928 * Prussian P 8, a German-built locomotive used in the first half of the 20th century In technology * IBM FileNet P8, IBM FileNet P8 Platform, which the foundation for the integrated IBM FileNet products for Enterprise Content Management. * Huawei P8, Huawei phablet * Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P8, model of the Cyber-shot line of cameras by Sony * Intel P8, an obscure reference Core microarchitecture, Intel's eighth-generation x86 microprocessor architecture * Tony Hawk's Project 8, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inčukalns
Inčukalns is a village in Sigulda Municipality, Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of .... Inčukalns had 2,028 residents in 2006 . Towns and villages in Latvia Sigulda Municipality Vidzeme {{Vidzeme-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikšķile
Ikšķile (; german: Uexküll; liv, Ikškilā; et, Üksküla; also known as ''Üxküll'') is a town in Latvia, in Ogre Municipality. It was the first capital of the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Livonia, known by the German name of Üxküll. Saint Meinhard, known from the '' Livonian Chronicle of Henry'', was the first bishop of Üxküll. In 1197 Berthold of Hanover, a Cistercian abbot of Loccum, was made the second bishop of Üxküll. Those days the town was the center of the upcoming crusading activities in the Livonian area. Bishop Berthold moved the episcopal see to Riga, but was killed by the Livs in battle. The Livonian word Ikšķile (or the German ''Uexküll'') denotes "the ford or islet(s), i.e. a place (on the Daugava River) where it was possible to cross the river, belonging to the son of the nobleman Ike”. The personal name Ike has the honourable meaning ‘age, lifetime’. The Ike family had a great power in Livonia. They controlled the military and trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
P10 Road (Latvia)
P1, P01, P-1 or P.1 may refer to: Computing, robotics, and, telecommunications * DSC-P1, a 2000 Sony Cyber-shot P series camera model * Sony Ericsson P1, a UIQ 3 smartphone * Packet One, the first company to launch WiMAX service in Southeast Asia * Peer 1, an Internet hosting provider * Honda P1, a 1993 Honda P series of robots, an ASIMO predecessor Media * DR P1, a Danish radio network operated by Danmarks Radio * NRK P1, a Norwegian radio network operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation * SR P1, a Swedish radio network operated by Sveriges Radio * Polonia 1, a Polish TV channel of the Polcast Television Military * P-1 Hawk, a 1923 biplane fighter of the U.S. Army Air Corps * Kawasaki P-1, a Japanese maritime patrol aircraft (previously P-X) * P-1 (missile), a Soviet anti-ship cruise missile Science Biology * P1 antigen, identifies P antigen system * P1 laboratory, biosafety -level-1 laboratory * P1 phage, a bacterial virus * SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant, a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A4 Road (Latvia)
The A4 (Also known as the Riga Bypass) is a national road in Latvia and part of the Riga ring road, connecting Baltezers to Saulkalne. The road is part of European route E67, European route E77 and Latvian TEN-T road network. It has one lane in each direction spanning the entire length. It was reported that around 2020 widening of the road to 2x2 lanes will commence. As result it would receive an expressway or motorway status, and the current 90 km/h speed limit would be raised.http://www.lvceli.lv/LV/?i=766e The Annual average daily traffic of the A4 in 2016 was 11,954 cars per day. History Construction on the A4 started in 1964 and was completed in 1980. In 2011/2012 part of the A4 was rebuilt, Crossings Major cities crossed *Ulbroka *Salaspils Gallery Image:Rigas apvedcels-A4.jpg, A4 in 2007. References External linksAutoceļš A4 in Google Maps A04 {{Latvia-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
