Velnciems is one of the oldest districts of Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

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Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. Located near Lauma's district, at the east side of the city.

By legend it's named so by Peter The Great, then he visited Liepāja in 1697. Velnciems is built up mostly by private one or two store houses. In Velnciems also is located Liepāja Medical College.