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سالدوس
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Saldus (; , ) is a Latvian town and the center of Saldus Municipality, located in the Courland () region. The name Saldus has been noted in historical sources as far back as the mid-13th century, but the founding year for the establishment of the town is considered to be 1856, with the settlement gaining town rights in 1917.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Saldus
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Saldus COA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera Saldus.png
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Saldus panorama.jpg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Saldus Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1917
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.nickname
- Medus piliens Kurzemē 'A drop of honey in Courland'
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Māris Zusts
- Settlement.leader_title1
- City council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Фрауэнбург
- Country
- Latvia
- Located in
- Saldus Municipality
- Population
- 9686
- Area
- 9.70
- Elevation
- 95
- Capital of
- Saldus Municipality
- Official website
- www.saldus.lv/en
- Image
- Saldus - panoramio (1).jpg
Show 11 more facts
- different from
- Saldus Municipality
- twinned administrative body
- Lidingö
- Commons category
- Saldus
- topic's main category
- Category:Saldus
- category for people born here
- Q8071013
- inception
- 1917-00-00
- P6482
- Saldus
- postal code
- LV-3801
- P8168
- Gennady Manakov
- native label
- Saldus
- time of earliest written record
- 1253-00-00
Sources (11)
via Wikidata · CC0
Gallery (15)
On the map
2 mapped locations