Riga
Riga is the financial, creative, and cultural centre of Latvia. It is the capital and the largest city in Latvia, it is also the second largest city in the Baltic States after the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.- …has 605,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Gorod Riga”
Places of Interest
Highlights include House of the Black Heads and Riga Cathedral.
House of the Black Heads
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vecrīga and Centrs.
Riga
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Latitude
56.9778° or 56° 58′ 40″ north
Longitude
24.1217° or 24° 7′ 18″ east
Open location code
9G86X4HC+4M
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Riga” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሪጋ”
- Azerbaijani: “Riqа”
- Bengali: “রিগা”
- Estonian: “Riia”
- French: “Riga”
- German: “Riga”
- Hausa: “Riga”
- Japanese: “リガ”
- Javanese: “Riga”
- Kazakh: “Рига”
- Kirghiz: “Рига”
- Latvian: “Rīga”
- Lithuanian: “Ryga”
- Malay: “Riga”
- Oromo: “Riga”
- Panjabi: “ਰਿਗਾ”
- Persian: “ریگا”
- Portuguese: “Riga”
- Pushto: “ریګا”
- Russian: “Рига”
- Somali: “Riga”
- Spanish: “Riga”
- Swahili: “Riga”
- Tajik: “Рига”
- Tatar: “Рига”
- Uzbek: “Riga”
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Localities in the Area
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