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| Coordinates: 56°56′56″N 24°6′23″E / 56.94889°N 24.10639°ECoordinates: 56°56′56″N 24°6′23″E / 56.94889°N 24.10639°E | |||
| Country |  Latvia | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | City council | ||
| • Mayor | Oļegs Burovs | ||
| Area (2002)[2] | |||
| • City | 324 km2 (125 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 275.5 km2 (106.4 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 48.50 km2 (18.73 sq mi) 15.8% | ||
| • Metro | 10,133 km2 (3,912 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2017)[3] | |||
| • City | 641,423 | ||
| • Density | 1,979.7/km2 (5,127/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 1,070,201 | ||
| • Metro density | 101.4/km2 (263/sq mi) | ||
| • Demonym | Rīdzinieki | ||
| Ethnicity (2016)[5] | |||
| • Latvians | 46.2% | ||
| • Russians | 37.7% | ||
| • Belarusians | 3.9% | ||
| • Ukrainians | 3.5% | ||
| • Poles | 1.8% | ||
| • Lithuanians | 0.8% | ||
| • Romanies | 0.1% | ||
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | ||
| GDP(nominal) | 2012 | ||
| - Total | €12($15) billion[6] | ||
| - Per capita | €18,000($21,000) | ||
| Website | www.riga.lv | ||
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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 The old town of Riga | |
| Criteria | Cultural: i, ii |
| Reference | 852 |
| Inscription | 1997 (21st Session) |
| Area | 438.3 ha |
| Buffer zone | 1,574.2 ha |
Riga is the capital city of the European country of Latvia. Riga is on river Daugava near the Baltic Sea.
The mayor of Riga is Nils Ušakovs.
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History
Riga was founded in 1201. Since 1918 Riga has been the capital city of Latvia.
People
Most of the people are Latvian (45%) and 40% are Russian.
References
- ↑ "Riga City Council". Riga City Council. http://www.riga.lv/EN/Channels/Riga_Municipality/Riga_City_Council/default.htm. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ↑ "Riga in Figures". Riga City Council. http://www.riga.lv/EN/Channels/About_Riga/Riga_in_numbers/default.htm. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
- ↑ "Table RESIDENT POPULATION BY STATISTICAL REGION, CITY AND COUNTY Riga city". csb.gov.lv. http://data.csb.gov.lv/pxweb/en/Sociala/Sociala__ikgad__iedz__iedzskaits/IS0120.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=3d45ed82-37cb-4028-9e9c-9e6bde2ba4ba. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ https://www.geo.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/projekti/gzzf/Konferences/EGEA/Krisjane_Zira_Rigas_aglomeracija.pdf#page=10
- ↑ "Table ISG191. RESIDENT POPULATION BY ETHNICITY AND BY STATISTICAL REGION AND CITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 2015". csb.gov.lv. http://data.csb.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/Sociala/Sociala__ikgad__iedz__iedzskaits/IS0191.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=992a0682-2c7d-4148-b242-7b48ff9fe0c2. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ "2.1. Gross Domestic Product – Stratēģijas Uzraudzības Sistēma". sus.lv. http://www.sus.lv/en/21-gross-domestic-product.
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