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Ventspils[vents´pEls] Pronunciation Key, Ger. Windau, city (1992 est. pop. 49,327), W Latvia, on the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Venta River. An ice-free seaport, it exports oil brought by pipeline or rail from Russia. Ventspils also has shipyards, fisheries, and varied manufactures. The city grew around a 13th-century castle of the Livonian Knights and was chartered in 1314.
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