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Daugavpils District is an administrative division
Districts of Latvia

|||}Latvia is divided into 26 districts and 7 cities , indicated with asterisks:#Aizkraukle District#Aluksne District#Balvi District#Bauska District...
 of Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
, located in Latgale
Latgale

Latgale or Latgalia is one of the four cultural and historical regions of Latvia recognised in the Constitution of the Latvian Republic. It is the easternmost region north of the Daugava river....
 region, in the country's south-east. It is organized into two cities and twenty one parishes, each with a local government authority. Its capital city
Capital City

Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....
 is Daugavpils
Daugavpils

Daugavpils is the second largest city in Latvia. It is located approximately 230 km south-east of the Latvian capital, Riga, on the banks of the Daugava River....
.

The district's area is 2,525.5 km2
Square kilometre

Square kilometre , symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI Units of measurement of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units....
, which contains 21 parishes, 1 city and 1 region.

The district is located in Latvia's southeastern area. It borders Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
, Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
, and the Latvian districts of Jekabpils
Jekabpils District

Jekabpils district is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's east. It is organized into three cities and twenty one parishes, each with a local government authority....
, Preili
Preili District

Preili District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's east. It borders the districts of Jekabpils District, Madona District, Rezekne District, Kraslava District and Daugavpils District....
 and Kraslava
Kraslava District

The Kraslava District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in the Latgale region, in the country's east. It is organized into two cities and twentythree parishes, each with a local government authority....
.

Daugavpils District is situated in the geographical region of East-Latvian lowland, Latgalian eminence and Augšzeme Height.






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Daugavpils District is an administrative division
Districts of Latvia

|||}Latvia is divided into 26 districts and 7 cities , indicated with asterisks:#Aizkraukle District#Aluksne District#Balvi District#Bauska District...
 of Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
, located in Latgale
Latgale

Latgale or Latgalia is one of the four cultural and historical regions of Latvia recognised in the Constitution of the Latvian Republic. It is the easternmost region north of the Daugava river....
 region, in the country's south-east. It is organized into two cities and twenty one parishes, each with a local government authority. Its capital city
Capital City

Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....
 is Daugavpils
Daugavpils

Daugavpils is the second largest city in Latvia. It is located approximately 230 km south-east of the Latvian capital, Riga, on the banks of the Daugava River....
.

The district's area is 2,525.5 km2
Square kilometre

Square kilometre , symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI Units of measurement of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units....
, which contains 21 parishes, 1 city and 1 region.

The district is located in Latvia's southeastern area. It borders Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
, Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
, and the Latvian districts of Jekabpils
Jekabpils District

Jekabpils district is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's east. It is organized into three cities and twenty one parishes, each with a local government authority....
, Preili
Preili District

Preili District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's east. It borders the districts of Jekabpils District, Madona District, Rezekne District, Kraslava District and Daugavpils District....
 and Kraslava
Kraslava District

The Kraslava District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in the Latgale region, in the country's east. It is organized into two cities and twentythree parishes, each with a local government authority....
.

Daugavpils District is situated in the geographical region of East-Latvian lowland, Latgalian eminence and Augšzeme Height. Most of its territory is located far below sea level. Only a few landmarks are higher than 200 m above sea level. They are the following mountains Eglu kalns (220.1 m), Pikelnieku kalns (206 m), Ledinu kalns (202 m), Skrudalienas kalns (201 m). Almost all of the territory is located in the Daugava river basin. Besides the Daugava river there are many large and small rivers.