{"id":1003,"date":"2017-06-28T11:27:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T08:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/\/?page_id=1003\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T08:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T05:21:26","slug":"fakti-i-cifri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/en\/fakti-i-cifri\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts and figures"},"content":{"rendered":"

1275 \u2013 Dinaburg (Daugavpils) was first mentioned in historical chronicles.
\n1582 \u2013 Dinaburg acquired the rights of the city.<\/p>\n

City territory \u2013 72.48 km2
\nPopulation (as of January 1, 2022) \u2013 79 120<\/p>\n

DAUGAVPILS COAT OF ARMS<\/strong><\/span>
\nOn a blue background \u2013 a wavy silver beam, a golden lily on top and a fragment of a silver castellated brick wall. This coat of arms was approved on October 30, 1925. The coat of arms has certain parallels with the seal of the Dinaburg castle komtur: a lily since ancient times has been a symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the castellated wall is a reference to the old Dinaburg castle \u2013 the birthplace of Daugavpils.<\/p>\n

DAUGAVPILS FLAG
\n<\/span><\/strong>The current city flag has been established in 1937.
\nIt has been revived as one of the official city\u2019s symbols on the 21st of June, 1990.
\nDescription of the flag: Rectangular shaped, the area is divided in two similar horizontal zones: the upper part is carmine-coloured, the lower part is coloured white. In the middle of the flag is situated Daugavpils\u2019 coat of arms. The correlation of height and width is 1:2.<\/p>\n