Daugavpils

Daugavpils
Ceety
Daugavpils Castle
Banner Coat airms
Daugavpils Location in Latvie
Coordinates: 55°52′N 26°32′E
Kintra	Latvie
Toun richts	1582
Govrenment
• Mayor	Rihards Eigims
Area
• Total	72,48 km2 (2,798 sq mi)
Population
• Total	95 467 (2,016)
• Density	1317,1/km2 (34,110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	LV-54(01-65)
Cawin code	+371 654

Daugavpils (ˈdaʊɡaʊpils ) is the seicont lairgest ceety in Latvie. It is locatit approximately 230 km sooth-east o the Latvian caipital, Riga, on the banks o the Daugava River, frae which the ceety gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Castle on the Daugava." Daugavpils haes a favorable geographical poseetion as it borders Belaroushie an Lithuanie (distances o 33 an 25 km respectively). It is locatit some 120 km frae the Latvian mairch wi Roushie. Daugavpils is a big railwey junction an industry centre.

The ceety is surroondit bi mony lakes an naitur pairks.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Central pedestrian street Rīgas iela.

Daugavpils is twinned wi:

Haderslev, Denmark Motala, Swaden Radom, Poland Ferrara, Italy

Naro-Fominsk, Roushie Vitebsk, Belaroushie Ramla, Israel Harbin, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae

St Petersburg, Roushie Panevėžys, Lithuanie Central Admeenistrative Okrug o Moscow, Roushie Kharkiv, Ukraine