Kuldīga District

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Kuldīga District

Country	Latvia
Population	37,119 inhabitants
Area	2,499.87 km²
Population density	14.85 inhabitants/km²
Website	N/A

Kuldīga District (Latvian: Kuldīgas rajons) is an administrative division of Latvia, located in the province of Kurzeme. It is organized into a city and thirteen parishes, each with a local government authority.^[1] The main city in the district is Kuldīga.

Kuldīga District is located in the western part of Latvia on both sides of the Venta River. Kuldīga District has borders with 5 other districts: Ventspils District, Talsi District, Tukums District, Saldus District and Liepāja District. The current borders of the district were established in 1950.

Kuldīga District occupies an area of 2,499.87 km², has a population of 37,119 — 13,335 in the capital city of Kuldīga.

1 Economy
2 Terrain
3 Cities and parishes of the Kuldīga District
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Economy

Railroads in the Kuldīga district connects Riga to Liepāja and Liepāja to Ventspils, the latter being closed for public traffic. Also, one of the main roads in Latvia — route A9 from Riga to Liepāja goes through the territory. Main occupations are agriculture, wood processing, forestry, and fish farming.

[edit] Terrain

In the North-Western part of the district is the Piejuras Plains. In the middle of the district are the Rietumkurzemes Heights with hills that are 100-120 m above sea level, the highest point being Vardupe Kalns with a peak at 140 m. In the northeast side of the district are the Austrumkurzemes Heights at 60-110 m above sea level. Hilly relief covers 35% of the district territory. There are more than 40 rivers longer than 5 km, and 48 lakes bigger than 1 km². The largest rivers are the Venta River and the Abava River. Forests cover about 48% of the district territory.

The average temperature in January is about -3 °C, in July +16.8 °C. The amount of precipitation is 600-700 mm per year.