Ķekava

Ķekava
Town
Lutheran church
Ķekava Location in Latvia
Coordinates: 56°50′N 24°14′E / 56.833°N 24.233°E / 56.833; 24.233
Country	Latvia
District	Ķekava District
First known	1435
Town rights	2022
Government
• Chairman of the council	Juris Žilko[1]
Area
• Total	7.4 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population
• Total	5,446
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	LV-2164
Website	kekava.lv

Ķekava is a town in Latvia with town rights since 2022.^[2] It is the center of the Ķekava District. As of 2022, Ķekava had a population of 5,446 people.^[3] Ķekava is on small river Ķekaviņa near river Daugava. Reservoir of Riga hydroelectric power station is to north-east from the town.

Ķekava was a small village until 1970s (with population of 333 people in 1967).^[4] After, a new chicken meat factory was built. A new workers village was built and it grew the population.

Roads from Ķekava: Riga—Warszawa (A7), Riga bypass road (A5), Ķekava-Plakanciems (V6), Ķekava bypass road (not built yet). The center of Riga is 17 km from Ķekava to north-west.

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  Chicken meat factory
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  River Ķekaviņa
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  In church

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