Dinaburg

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Dinaburg is the historical name of the Latvian city now known as Daugavpils, an important cultural and economic center in the Latgale region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dinaburg canonical 1
Dünaburg 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical city name
associatedWithEthnicGroup Belarusians
Jews
Latvians
Poles
Russians
countryDuringPolishLithuanianCommonwealth Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
countryDuringRussianEmpire Russian Empire
etymologyRelatedTo Daugava River
hadFortress Dinaburg Fortress
hasHistoricalNameVariant Daugavpils
Dvinsk
linked to: Daugavpils

Dünaburg
historicalFunction customs and trade post
garrison town
historicalImportance military stronghold
regional trade center
historicalMulticulturalCharacter yes
historicalNameOf Daugavpils
historicalRegion Inflanty
languageOfToponymOrigin Germanic
linkedModernAdministrativeUnit Daugavpils Municipality
Latgale Planning Region
linked to: Latgale
locatedIn Latvia
locatedInRegion Latgale
locatedOnRiver Daugava River
linked to: Western Dvina River
modernName Daugavpils
nameUsedInLanguage German
Latvian
Polish
Russian
Yiddish
nearBorderWith Belarus
Lithuania
partOfHistoricalProvince Livonia
Vitebsk Governorate
partOfHistoricalTerritory Latgale
presentDayCityIs second largest city in Latvia or among largest
presentDayCityPopulationOver 80000
presentDayCityRole major cultural center of Latgale
major economic center of Latgale
railwayJunction yes
religiousCommunitiesHistoricallyPresent Catholics
Jews
Lutherans
Orthodox Christians
servedAs administrative center of surrounding district
strategicRole border fortress town

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Referenced by (2)

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

Daugavpils historicalName Dinaburg
Daugavpils historicalName Dünaburg
linked to: Dinaburg