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Jēkabpils
Jekabpils Municipality · Latvia
City population
21,014
#10
in Latvia
#24,345
worldwide
56.499, 25.857 · 118 km from Riga
About Jēkabpils
Jēkabpils is a city in Jekabpils Municipality, Latvia with a population of 21,014. It is the 10th largest of the 14 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Latvia, and the 24,345th largest worldwide. It lies 118 km from Riga.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Jekabpils Municipality
Coordinates
56.499, 25.857
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 14 in LatviaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.