Kurzeme Planning Region
Kurzeme Region | |
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| Coordinates: 57°0′0″N 22°0′0″E / 57.00000°N 22.00000°E | |
| Country | Latvia |
| Largest city | Liepāja |
| Area | |
• Total | 16,046 km2 (6,195 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 274,754 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €3.764 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | €13,552 (2022) |
| HDI (2022) | 0.870 very high · 3rd |
| Website | kurzemesregions.lv |
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Kurzeme Region (Latvian: Kurzemes reģions), officially Kurzeme Planning Region (Latvian: Kurzemes plānošanas reģions), is one of the five planning regions of Latvia, it is situated in the western part of Latvia, at the shores of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Riga. The state institution was founded on 2 October 2006, based on the creation of the region territory as prescribed by Regulations No. 133 of the Cabinet of Ministers as of 25 March 2003, the "Regulations on Territories of Planning Regions". As of 2020, the region's population was 237,407.