Cesis is located in the North-East part of Latvia, 90 km from Riga. In geographical terms it is one of the biggest districts in Latvia and it has a population of 57 228 (2006), with 18 504 residing in the City of Cesis. Cesis District is one of the most active regions in Latvia in means of entrepreneurship with more than 4500 registered companies (2005). A great deal of these are farms and other agricultural and forestal enterprises, but there are also other manifacturing and alimentary companies and even a couple of breweries. Even though agriculture continues to be an important part of the district´s economy, tourism is a rapidly growing sector.

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Jelgava district (rajons) is situated in the Southern part of Latvia, in Zemgale
region, 42 km from the capital Riga.
The population of Jelgava district is 37 thousand inhabitants. The administrative
centre of the district is Jelgava city with 66 thousand inhabitants. It plays an
important role in the history of Latvia and Europe as the former capital of Duchy of
Courland and Semigallia. 
A significant part of Jelgava district territory – 57% is occupied by the
agricultural land, which is one of the most fertile in Latvia. 30% of the district
is covered by forests. 

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