Kolka, Latvia

Kolka, Latvia

Kolka (Livonian: "Kūolka") is a parish on the tip of Cape Kolka in Courland in Latvia, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga in ancient Livonia. It is home to the last remnants of Latvia's Livonian ethnic group, whose Livonian language is highly endangered.

See also

*Livonian people

External links

* [http://www.kolka.lv/eng/index.html www.kolka.lv]


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