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Košrags (Livonian: Kuoštrõg) is a populated place in Kolka parish, Dundaga municipality, Latvia on the shore of the Irbe Strait of the Baltic Sea. One of twelve Livonian villages on the Līvõd rānda - the Livonian Coast in Courland (Kurzeme). Other names: Kosraga, Koshragutsiems, Košraga, Košrags, Košraguciems, Kosraga Ciems, Kosraguciems, Košraga Ciems
Map of Ko%C5%A1rags, Kolka parish, LV-3275, Latvia
Kosrags's farm "Kukini" was mentioned in 1680 chronicles for the first time. By 1770 there were four old farms in Kosrags (Kine Diki, Kukini, Tilmaci and Zoki). Two tenant-farmer habitations existed in 1896, and another seven habitations after 1905.
The houses in the village were built rather densely along the two roads:
These roads have preserved their ancient shape till the present day.
Livonian priest and ethnologist Edgar Vaalgamaa was born in Košrags.