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Jelgava
Jelgava · Latvia
City population
54,834
#4
in Latvia
#10,490
worldwide
56.650, 23.713 · 41 km from Riga
About Jelgava
Jelgava is a city in Jelgava, Latvia with a population of 54,834. It is the 4th largest of the 14 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Latvia, and the 10,490th largest worldwide. It lies 41 km from Riga.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Jelgava
Elevation
5 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Riga
Coordinates
56.650, 23.713
Record updated
2026-04-14
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.