Liepāja District ( Latvian : Liepājas rajons ) was an administrative division of Latvia , located in the Courland region, in the country's west.
2-464: Districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009 . 56°30′42″N 21°00′50″E / 56.51167°N 21.01389°E / 56.51167; 21.01389 This Courland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Administrative divisions of Latvia before 2009 On 1 July 2009 the 26 districts of Latvia ( Latvian : rajoni , sg. rajons ), introduced in 1949 by
4-546: The Soviet occupation authorities to supersede counties ( apriņķi , sg. apriņķis, e.g. Rīgas apriņķis ), were divided into 77 cities ( Latvian : pilsētas , sg. pilsēta ), 10 amalgamated municipalities ( Latvian : novadi , sg. novads ), 24 rural territories ( Latvian : lauku teritorijas , sg. lauku teritorija ) and 475 parishes ( Latvian : pagasti , sg. pagasts ). The new divisions were in force from 2009 to 2021, when they were superseded by
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