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Kreis Windau (Ventspils apriņķis, Виндавский уезд) was one of the ten subdivisions of the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Ventspils (Windau). Kreis Windau was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate (in present-day western Latvia).
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Windau had a population of 48,275. Of these, 85.2% spoke Latvian, 7.9% German, 2.9% Yiddish, 2.8% Lithuanian or Livonian (Livonian-speakers were recorded in this census as Lithuanian-speakers), 0.6% Russian, 0.3% Estonian, 0.2% Romani, 0.1% Polish and 0.1% Ukrainian as their native language.[1]
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