Jelgava

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Jelgava is a city in central Latvia known for its historic Jelgava Palace and role as a regional cultural and educational center.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jelgava canonical 21
Jelgava Municipality 1
Jelgava city center 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
administrativeStatus republic city of Latvia
climate humid continental climate
coatOfArmsDepicts elk
country Latvia
distanceFromRiga approximately 40 km southwest of Riga
formerName Mitau
hasFestival Jelgava Ice Sculpture Festival
Milk, Bread and Honey Festival
Sand Sculpture Festival
hasInstitution Jelgava City Library
Jelgava History and Art Museum of Gederts Eliass
Jelgava Music Secondary School
hasLandmark Holy Trinity Church Tower
Jelgava Palace
Jelgava St. John’s Lutheran Church
Jelgava St. Simeon and St. Anna Orthodox Cathedral
hasRailConnectionTo Liepāja, Latvia
surface form: Liepāja

Riga
Šiauliai
hasRoadConnectionVia A8 highway
hasTwinTown Białogard
Hämeenlinna
surface form: Hameenlinna

Herning
Ivanovo Oblast
surface form: Ivanovo

Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Molėtai
Płock
Växjö
hasUniversity Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
historicalRegion Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
surface form: Courland
isCapitalOf Jelgava self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jelgava Municipality

Zemgale
surface form: Zemgale Planning Region
isOnRiver Lielupe River
languageOfFormerName German
locatedIn Zemgale
surface form: Zemgale region

central Latvia
officialWebsite https://www.jelgava.lv
palaceFunction Jelgava Palace houses Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
populationApproximate about 55,000–65,000 inhabitants
postalCodeFormat LV-30xx
primaryLanguage Latvian
role regional cultural center
regional educational center
transport hub in central Latvia
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
vehicleRegistrationCode J
wasHeavilyDamagedIn World War II

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kilmarnock hasTwinTown Jelgava
Järvenpää hasTwinTown Jelgava
Växjö, Sweden hasTwinTown Jelgava
subject surface form: Växjö
Lielupe flowsThrough Jelgava
Jelgava isCapitalOf Jelgava self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jelgava Municipality
Třinec hasTwinTown Jelgava
Vechta hasTwinTown Jelgava
Viljandi hasTwinTown Jelgava
Aurich hasTwinTown Jelgava
Jelgava Palace locatedIn Jelgava
Jelgava Palace namedAfter Jelgava
Jelgava Palace locatedNear Jelgava
this entity surface form: Jelgava city center
Lielupe River flowsThrough Jelgava
Sint-Niklaas hasTwinTown Jelgava
Västerås hasTwinTown Jelgava
Molndal hasTwinTown Jelgava
subject surface form: Mölndal