The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Ventspils
(vnts´pls) (KEY) , Ger. Windau, city (1992 est. pop. 49,327), W Latvia, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Venta River. An ice-free seaport, it exports oil brought by pipeline or rail from Russia. Ventspils also has shipyards, fisheries, and varied manufactures. The city grew around a 13th-century castle of the Livonian Knights and was chartered in 1314.
nts´p
ls) (KEY) , Ger. Windau, city (1992 est. pop. 49,327), W Latvia, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Venta River. An ice-free seaport, it exports oil brought by pipeline or rail from Russia. Ventspils also has shipyards, fisheries, and varied manufactures. The city grew around a 13th-century castle of the Livonian Knights and was chartered in 1314.
