Kurzeme Planning Region
Organisation
According to the "Law on Regional Development Kurzeme Planning Region", Kurzeme Region is supervised by the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government, the decision-making authority is Kurzeme Planning Region Development Council (KPRDC), which consists of 19 deputies appointed by the heads of the region's component municipalities.
Geography
The territory of the Kurzeme Region was created in 2006 utilising and now includes: Dienvidkurzeme, Kuldīga, Saldus, Talsi, Tukums and Ventspils Districts as well as the cities of Liepāja and Ventspils. As of 1 July 2009 the region consist of 6 municipalities and 2 cities within an area of 13,596 km.
Economy
The gross regional product (GRP) of the region was €2.8 billion in 2020.
Demography
Kurzeme Region had a population of 240,113 inhabitants in 2019 and a population density of 17.66/km.
Tourism
The Pedvale Open Air Museum, near Sabile is a national sculpture park. It preserves the historic landscape, and is a showcase for contemporary sculpture.
See also
- Planning regions of Latvia
- Administrative divisions of Latvia
- Planning regions of Latvia after 2021 reform
References
- ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "Gross domestic product in regions". www.stat.gov.lv.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "Kurzeme Planning Region". Kurzeme Planning Region. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Gross domestic product by region and city (at current prices) – Territorial unit, Indicator and Time period".
- ^ "ISG020. Iedzīvotāju skaits un tā izmaiņas statistiskajos reģionos, republikas pilsētās, novadu pilsētās un novados". csb.gov.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2019-08-25.
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