The city has a favourable geographical position as it borders on Byelorussia and Lithuania (distances of 33 and 25 km respectively). It is located some 120 km from the borderline with Russia.
Daugavpils is an important cultural centre in Eastern Latvia. There are 22 primary and secondary schools, 4 vocational schools and "Saules" school. More than 1,000 teachers and engineers graduate from the Daugavpils Pedagogical University and local branch of the Riga Technical University annually.
The city theatre was restored a couple of years ago. Besides, there are also cinemas and other cultural institutions. The city exhibition centre offers a lot of cultural activities.
There are many architectural, historical and cultural monuments in Daugavpils. The most prominent is the Daugavpils Fortress of the XVIII century.
The city is surrounded by beautiful lakes. All this makes the city a promising region for the development of international tourism.
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