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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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