Jaunciems
Jaunciems Livonian: Ūžkilā | |
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Village | |
 Livonian homestead in Jaunciems in 1902. | |
  Jaunciems Location in Latvia | |
| Coordinates: 57°38.60′N 22°09.40′E / 57.64333°N 22.15667°E | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Municipality | Ventspils Municipality |
| Parish | Tārgale Parish |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 4 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Jaunciems (Livonian: Ūžkilā) is a small village in the Tārgale Parish of Ventspils Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on Līvõd rānda - the Livonian Coast. Both the Latvian and Livonian names mean "new village".
Most homes in the village are not inhabited year-round after the Livonian Coast was made into a closed border area of the Iron Curtain for fifty years during the Soviet occupation of Latvia.
