Latvia now has 82 towns — eight of them end in "-ava"
Since August this year Latvia has had 82 towns instead of 81, meaning the country now has eight towns whose names end in "-ava".
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As of August 2026, Latvia has one more town than before — the total number of towns in the country has risen from 81 to 82. This change has also affected the group of towns whose names end in the letter combination "-ava": Latvia now has eight such towns.
A geography quiz
The fact has become the basis for a quiz prepared by an entertainment portal, inviting readers to test their knowledge of Latvian geography. The task is simple: name all eight Latvian towns whose names end in "-ava".
Changes to the number of towns in Latvia happen rarely, and each new town also shifts various figures tied to the administrative division, including how many settlements belong to a particular naming group. The fact that names ending in "-ava" drew the portal's attention points to how relatively common this ending is among Latvian town names.
The quiz is intended as an entertaining way to test knowledge of local geography, and it has become especially relevant now that the total number of towns — and the related list of "-ava" towns — has changed.
