Zapadnaya Dvina

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For the river of the same name, see Daugava.

Coordinates: 56.2633° N 32.0839° E

Zapadnaya Dvina (Russian: За́падная Двина́) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Western Dvina River, 321 km southwest of Tver. Population: 10,212 (2002 Census); 11,556 (1989 Census).

It was founded in 1900 as a settlement servicing the railroad station of the same name. It received status of work settlement in 1927 and town status in 1937.

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