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Ainaži
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Ainaži (; is a Latvian port town by the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. Administratively, it is part of the Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located on the south side of the Estonia-Latvia international border, on the site of an ancient Livonian fishing village. Ainaži is also the extraterritorial center of the adjacent Ainaži Parish.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ainaži
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Heinaste majakas.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ainaži lighthouse
- Settlement.image_flag
- LVA Ainaži flag.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ainazi COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Limbaži Municipality
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Latvia
- Located in
- Limbaži Municipality
- Population
- 650
- Area
- 5.12
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.ainazi.lv
- Image
- Ainaži North Pier 4.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ainaži
- topic's main category
- Category:Ainaži
- postal code
- LV-4035
- inception
- 1926-00-00
- P8168
- Philautus bunitus
- P6482
- Ainaži
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Ainaži (; is a Latvian port town by the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. Administratively, it is part of the Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located on the south side of the Estonia-Latvia international border, on the site of an ancient Livonian fishing village. Ainaži is also the extraterritorial center of the adjacent Ainaži Parish.
==Etymology== The name Ainaži may be derived from the Estonian language word heina(s)-tee 'hay-road'. Other possibilities include the Livonian words āina 'hay' or āinagi 'lonely, only'. Historically, the German language variants of the same name (e.g., Haynasch), were used in most written records from the late Middle Ages until the first half of the 20th century.
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