What is Kuldīga?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Kuldīga | other_name = | settlement_type = Town | image_shield = Escut Kuldiga.png | shield_size = | image_flag = Flag of Kuldīga.svg | flag_size = | image_skyline =Kuldiga City - panoramio.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = [[Street]]s of old Kuldīga | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Latvia}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Latvia|District]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Kuldīga District]] | established_title = [[Town rights]] | established_date = 1378 | pushpin_map = Latvia | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Latvia | coordinates = {{coord|56|58|N|21|58|E|region:LV|display=inline,title}} | nickname = | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = Inga Bērziņa (2021) | website = [http://www.kuldiga.lv/ kuldiga.lv] | blank_name_sec1 = | blank_info_sec1 = | area_total_km2 = 13.2 | area_water_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_total = 10352 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_metro_km2 = | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = LV-3301 LV-3302 LV-3303 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbering plan|Calling code]] | area_code = +371 633 | timezone1 = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +3 }} '''Kuldīga''' ({{audio|Lv-Kuldīga.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{lang-de|Goldingen}}) is a town in [[Latvia]] with [[town rights]] since 1378. It is the center of the [[Kuldīga District]]. As of 2020, Kuldīga had a population of 10,352 people. River [[Venta]] travels through the city. Kuldīga was founded by the German [[Livonian Order]] at 1242. It was called Goldingen by the Germans. It become the capital city of [[Courland]] at 1587-1617. The old centre of the town is in the waiting list for UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6449/ UNESCO Tentative L