Viesīte
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Viesīte (; ) is a town in the western part of Jēkabpils Municipality in the Selonia region of Latvia. The population in 2020 was 1,500.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Viesīte
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Viesite COA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- LVA Viesīte flag.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Viesite kolaza.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jēkabpils Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1928
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Alfons Žuks
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Number of city council members
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Viesīte
- Country
- Latvia
- Located in
- Viesīte Municipality
- Population
- 1473
- Area
- 2.31
- Elevation
- 110
- Time zone
- Eastern European Time
- Image
- Viesite kolaza.png
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- Commons category
- Viesīte
- different from
- Viesīte Municipality
- postal code
- LV-5237
- inception
- 1928-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Viesīte
- P8168
- Predentary
- twinned administrative body
- Czeladź
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Twin towns — sister cities
- Gallery
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Viesīte (; ) is a town in the western part of Jēkabpils Municipality in the Selonia region of Latvia. The population in 2020 was 1,500.
Viesīte is a typical Selonia town located in the hills in the centre of the district. Selonia is a cultural and historical district, bordering on Latgale, Zemgale (Semigalia), Vidzeme and Lithuania.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viesīte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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