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Ķekava
Sign in to saveĶekava (historical ) is a city in Latvia and the center of Ķekava Municipality, in the historical region of Vidzeme. It is on the left side of the , a tributary of the Daugava River. It is also the extra-territorial center of the adjacent Ķekava Parish.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.official_name
- Ķekava
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ķekavas pilsētas ģerbonis.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ķekavas baznīca.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ķekava (Dole) Lutheran church
- Settlement.image_flag
- KekavasPilsetasKarogs2.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Latvia
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ķekava Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1435
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9.4
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 3.63
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 9.1
- Settlement.area_land_sq_mi
- 3.51
- Settlement.area_water_km2
- 0.3
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Ķekava (historical ) is a city in Latvia and the center of Ķekava Municipality, in the historical region of Vidzeme. It is on the left side of the , a tributary of the Daugava River. It is also the extra-territorial center of the adjacent Ķekava Parish.
== Etymology == According to the version of the etymologist , "Ķekava" is a word of Baltic origin: in ancient Indo-European languages, the root "kek" means "bend", and "av(e)" means "moisten, dehydrate, flow". This hydronym probably reflects the course of the : in the upper reaches it runs parallel to the Daugava, but in the middle reaches there are some sharp bends, turning towards the mouth of the Daugava.