Riga

Object type (Freebase): Topic City/Town/Village Location Administrative Division Dated location Statistical region Beer country / region Ontology Instance

Names:

• Esperanto:

  Rigo

• English:

  Riga

• Chinese:

  里加

• Catalan:

  Riga

• Italian:

  Riga

• Indonesian:

  Riga

• Spanish:

  Riga

• Russian:

  Рига

• Turkish:

  Riga

• Lithuanian:

  Ryga

• Thai:

  ริกา

• Romanian:

  Riga

• Polish:

  Ryga

• French:

  Riga

• Bulgarian:

  Рига

• German:

  Riga

• Hungarian:

  Riga

• Finnish:

  Riika

• Japanese:

  リガ

• Hebrew:

  ריגה

• Serbian:

  Рига

• Korean:

  리가

• Slovak:

  Riga

• Ukrainian:

  Рига

• Slovenian:

  Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia, a major industrial, commercial, cultural and financial centre of the Baltics, and an important seaport, situated on the mouth of the Daugava. With 709,145 inhabitants (2010) it is the largest city of the Baltic states and third-largest in the Baltic region, behind Saint Petersburg and Stockholm (counting residents within the city limits). Riga's territory covers 307.17 km and lies between 1 and 10 metres (3.3 and 33 ft) above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga's historical centre has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the city is particularly notable for its extensive Jugendstil architecture, which UNESCO considers to be unparalleled anywhere in the world.

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Updated: 2011-01-04 01:04:31.908000 (UTC)