Vidzeme

Also known as Livonia, Livland, ‏Terra Mariana, Liwonia, Livonija, Vidzeme‏ ‎, North Vidzeme

Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: Widda-semme, ) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", Vidzeme is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River. Sometimes in German, it was also known as Livland, the German form from Latin Livonia, though it comprises only a small part of Medieval Livonia and about half (the Latvian part) of Swedish Livonia. Most of the region's inhabitants are Latvians (85%), thus Vidzeme is the most ethnically Latvian region in the country.

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