Jaunciems

Jaunciems (Livonian: Ūžkilā) is a small village in Tārgale Parish, Ventspils Municipality in northwest Latvia. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on Līvõd rānda - the Livonian Coast. Both the Latvian and Livonian names mean "new village".

Jaunciems
Livonian: Ūžkilā
Village
Livonian homestead in Jaunciems in 1902.
Jaunciems
Location in Latvia
Coordinates: 57°38.60′N 22°09.40′E
Country Latvia
MunicipalityVentspils Municipality
ParishTārgale Parish
Elevation
7 ft (2 m)
Population
 (2005)
  Total4
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Most homes in the village are not inhabited year-round after the Livonian Coast was made into a closed border area of the Iron Curtain for fifty years during the Soviet occupation of Latvia.

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