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KANDAVA: Tukums , Zemgale, Courland (Kurzeme)

Alternate names: Kandava [Latv], Kandau [Ger], Kandoi [Yid], Kandawa [Pol], Kāndav, Кандава [Rus]. 57°02' N, 22°46' E , 50 miles W of Rīga, 44 miles NW of Jelgava (Mitau). 1900 Jewish population: about 1,000.

Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 594: "Kandava".
Pinkas HaKehilot, Latvia and Estonia (1988), p. 222: "Kandava"
Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), III, p. 803: "Kandawa".
JewishGen Latvia SIG

CEMETERY: near Sabile,near Mazragi farm. Dates from 1840.

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