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Europe. Riga ( / ˈriːɡə / REE-gə) [a] is the capital, primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as the most populous city in the Baltic States. Home to 609,489 inhabitants, the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population.
- House of The Blackheads
Cabinets were a temporary work-space for the President of...
- Mārtiņš Staķis
Riga, Latvia: Alma mater: University of Latvia Helsinki...
- Riga International Airport
RIX Riga Airport (Latvian: RIX Rīgas lidosta; IATA: RIX,...
- Freedom Monument
The Freedom Monument (Latvian: Brīvības piemineklis) is a...
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The history of Riga, the capital of Latvia, begins as early...
- Latvia
Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the...
- House of The Blackheads
The history of Riga, the capital of Latvia, begins as early as the 2nd century with a settlement, the Duna urbs, at a natural harbor not far upriver from the mouth of the Daugava River. Later settled by Livs and Kurs, it was already an established trade center in the early Middle Ages along the Dvina-Dnieper trade route to Byzantium.
May 2, 2024 · Riga, city and capital of Latvia. It occupies both banks of the Daugava (Western Dvina) River, 9 miles (15 km) above its mouth on the Gulf of Riga. An ancient settlement of the Livs and Kurs, Riga emerged as a trading post in the late 12th century. Learn more about Riga in this article.
- Guntis Smidchens
Latvia's capital city Riga, founded in 1201 by Germans at the mouth of the Daugava, became a strategic base in a papally-sanctioned conquest of the area by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. It was to be the first major city of the southern Baltic and, after 1282, a principal trading centre in the Hanseatic League .
Riga ( / ˈriːɡə / REE-gə) is the capital, primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as the most populous city in the Baltic States. Home to 609,489 inhabitants, the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga metropolitan area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 860,142 (as of ...
Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family. [a] Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population.
Riga is the capital city of the European country of Latvia. Riga is on river Daugava near the Baltic Sea . The historical center of Riga is in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List and is notable for its Art Nouveau architecture, which, according to UNESCO, has no equal in the world.
