Dienvidrietumu rajons () or ''Southwestern region'' is one of the neighbourhoods of

Liepāja Liepāja () (formerly: Libau) is a Administrative divisions of Latvia, state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest city in the Courland region and the third-largest in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an ...

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. It is one of the modern neighborhoods of

, built in the 1960s. It is located near the southern border of the city, on the coast of the

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.Southwest Neighbourhood (Liepāja)
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History

Between 1899 and 1908, southern fortifications were built south of the city between the

coast and the Pērkone canal. After 1934, the Southern Suburbs were formed, where the newly designed Saldus, Paurupe, Embūte, Kandava, Priekule, Tukums, Vaiņode, Svēte, Pape, Nida, Pampali, Usma, Dunika, Roja, Ciecere, Reina Forest, Industry, Ugāle, Sārnatu were named , Oars, Kalēta, Ilmāja, Kalvene, Rāvas, Gramzda, Dzērve, Ulmale, Amata, Tebra, Ķoniņu, Dunalkas, Rudbāržu streets, Venta and Daugava avenues. At present, Paurupe, Embūte, Kalēta, Ilmājas, Gramzdas, Aizputes and Gaviezes streets have disappeared from these. After the Second World War in 1946, the city of Liepāja was divided into three administrative districts, which included

Vecliepāja Vecliepāja (''Old Liepāja'') is the largest and oldest district in Liepāja, Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Eston ...

Jaunliepāja Jaunliepāja is one of the neighbourhoods of Liepāja, Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuan ...

and Ziemeļu rajons. The southern suburbs along the Klaipėdas highway and Ganību Street remained under construction for a long time until the city border. At the beginning of the 1970s, the construction of a new residential array, which was called the Southwestern residential area, began, and on June 23, 1972, the Liepāja tram line was opened to Vaiņodes Street. In 1976, Liepāja A. Pushkin Secondary School No. 2 started working in a newly built building at Liedaga Street 5. In 2005, only 8% of the total population of Liepaja lived in the South-West district, while 26% lived in Vecliepaja, 22% in the Ziemeļu priekšpilsēta, 16% in

Ezerkrasts Ezerkrasts is one of the largest and most modern neighbourhoods of Liepāja, Latvia. It is located near the southern border of the city, on the western coast of Liepāja lake Liepāja () (formerly: Libau) is a state city in western Latvia, loc ...

, 10% in

Karosta Karosta is a former Russian Imperial and Soviet naval base on the Baltic Sea, which today is a neighbourhood in Liepāja, Latvia. History The naval base was originally constructed in 1890-1906 for Tsar Alexander III of Russia, and named Пор ...

, 6% in Tosmare, 8% in

, 6% in the Zaļā birze. %, but in the Jaunā pasaule <1% of the total population. At that time, 35% of the population in the south-western district was of retirement age and had the lowest proportion of young people and children in Liepāja. In 2013, the extension of the Liepāja tram line from the South-West District to

was completed, envisaging a tram turn circle in the immediate vicinity of Liepājas ezers.

References

Neighbourhoods in Liepāja {{Courland-geo-stub