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Jelgava
Jelgava (; see also other names) is a city in central Latvia about southwest of Riga with about 63,000 inhabitants. It is the largest town in the region of Zemgale (Semigalia). Jelgava was the capital of the united Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1578-1795) and the administrative center of the Courland Governorate (1795-1918).
Jelgava is situated on a fertile plain rising only above mean sea level on the right bank of the river Lielupe. At high water the plain and sometimes the town as well can be flooded. It is a railway center and is also host to Jelgava Air Base. Its importance as a railway centre can be seen by the fact that it lies at the junction of over 6 railway lines connecting Riga to Lithuania, eastern and western Latvia, and Lithuania to the Baltic sea.
== Name ==
Until 1917, the city was officially referred to as Mitau. The name Jelgava is believed to be derived from the Livonian word ''jālgab'', meaning "town on the river."〔(Latvia as an independent state, Dr Alfred Bilmanis, p124 accessed 26 March 2009 )〕 The origin of the German name ''Mitau'' is unclear, although it is suggested that it came from the Latvian words ''mīt'' or ''mainīt'', meaning "to exchange" or "to trade," thus making it "the place where trading takes place." An alternate explanation is that ''Mitau'' came from ''Mitte in der Aue'', German for "the middle of the Aa", referring to the Lielupe River, formerly known as the Courland Aa (''Kurländische Aa'' in German).
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