Daugavpils

Daugavpils (; ; ; see other names) is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". It is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some to its north-west. Daugavpils has a favorable geographical position as it borders Belarus and Lithuania (distances of and respectively). It is located some from the Latvian border with Russia. Daugavpils is a major railway junction and industrial centre and lies approximately midway between Riga and Minsk.