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Riga

Riga is the financial, creative, and cultural centre of . It is the capital and the largest city in Latvia, it is also the second largest city in the after the capital .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Vecrīga and Centrs.

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Old Riga — in Latvian — is the old town of Riga. is famous for its old churches and cathedrals, such as Riga Cathedral and St. Peter's Church. is one of two world heritage sites entirely situated in Latvia.

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is a district in Riga, right northeast of the . In addition to the official district, this article also includes the northwesternmost third of Maskavas Forstate, west of Lacplesa iela.

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is a part of Riga, here defined as the eastern bank of the Daugava river minus and .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Pārdaugava.

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, which literally means "over Daugava" or "across the Daugava", is a part of Riga, comprising the west bank of Daugava river.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of Latvia and House of the Black Heads.

Library
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The , originally known as the State Library of Latvia, is a national cultural institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture of Latvia.

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The House of the Blackheads is a building situated in the of Riga, . The original building was erected in 1334 as a warehouse, meeting and celebration place for merchants.

Church
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formally The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, is the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral in Riga, Latvia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Riga.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avoti and Purvciems.

Suburb
is a of Riga, the capital of . It is named after Avotu iela which runs horizontally through the middle of the area.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the Vidzeme Suburb of Riga, . Its name literally translates as "marsh village". It is located on the east bank of the River Daugava, to the east of the City Centre and is defined roughly as the area between A.

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is a neighborhood in Riga, . It is located in the district of Riga close to the city's southern border. is the newest out of all Riga's neighborhoods.

Riga

Latitude
56.9494° or 56° 56′ 58″ north
Longitude
24.1052° or 24° 6′ 19″ east
Population
660,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
RIX
United Nations Location Code
LV RIX
Open location code
9G86W4X4+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26707967
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
456172
Wiki­data ID
Q1773
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Riga” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Riga”
  • Afrikaans: “Riga”
  • Albanian: “Riga”
  • Amharic: “ሪጋ”
  • Arabic: “ريغا”
  • Aragonese: “Riga”
  • Armenian: “Ռիգա”
  • Arpitan: “Riga”
  • Asturian: “Riga”
  • Avaric: “Рига”
  • Aymara: “Riga”
  • Azerbaijani: “Riqa”
  • Balinese: “Riga”
  • Bashkir: “Рига”
  • Basque: “Riga”
  • Basque: “Rīga”
  • Basque: “Ryga”
  • Bavarian: “Riga”
  • Belarusian: “Рыга”
  • Bengali: “রিগা”
  • Betawi: “Rigah”
  • Bislama: “Riga”
  • Bosnian: “Riga”
  • Breton: “Riga”
  • Breton: “Rīga”
  • Bulgarian: “Рига”
  • Burmese: “ရီဂါမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Riga”
  • Catalan: “Rīga”
  • Catalan: “Ryga”
  • Cebuano: “Riga”
  • Central Bikol: “Riga”
  • Central Kurdish: “ریگا”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕیگا”
  • Chechen: “Рига”
  • Chinese: “Riga”
  • Chinese: “裏加”
  • Chinese: “里加”
  • Church Slavic: “Рига”
  • Chuvash: “Рига”
  • Cornish: “Rīga”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Riga”
  • Croatian: “Riga”
  • Czech: “Riga”
  • Dagbani: “Riga”
  • Danish: “Riga”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Riga”
  • Dutch: “Riga”
  • Dutch: “Rīga”
  • Dutch: “Ryga”
  • Eastern Mari: “Рига”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريجا”
  • Erzya: “Рига ош”
  • Esperanto: “Riga”
  • Esperanto: “Rīga”
  • Esperanto: “Rigo”
  • Esperanto: “Ryga”
  • Estonian: “Riia”
  • Ewe: “Riga”
  • Extremaduran: “Riga”
  • Extremaduran: “Rīga”
  • Extremaduran: “Ryga”
  • Faroese: “Riga”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Riga”
  • Finnish: “Riika”
  • French: “Riga”
  • French: “Rīga”
  • French: “Ryga”
  • Gagauz: “Riga”
  • Galician: “Riga”
  • Ganda: “Riga”
  • Georgian: “რიგა”
  • German: “Riga”
  • German: “Rīga”
  • German: “Ryga”
  • Greek: “Ρίγα”
  • Gujarati: “રીગા”
  • Haitian: “Riga”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Riga”
  • Hausa: “Riga”
  • Hebrew: “ריגה”
  • Hindi: “रिगा”
  • Hindi: “रीगा”
  • Hungarian: “Riga”
  • Icelandic: “Ríga”
  • Ido: “Riga”
  • Ido: “Rīga”
  • Iloko: “Riga”
  • Inari Sami: “Riika”
  • Indonesian: “Riga”
  • Interlingua: “Riga”
  • Interlingue: “Riga”
  • Irish: “Ríge”
  • Italian: “Riga”
  • Italian: “Rīga”
  • Italian: “Ryga”
  • Japanese: “リーガ”
  • Japanese: “リガ”
  • Javanese: “Riga”
  • Kalaallisut: “Riga”
  • Kannada: “ರಿಗಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Riga”
  • Kashubian: “Riga”
  • Kazakh: “Рига қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Рига”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Riga”
  • Kirghiz: “Рига”
  • Komering: “Riga”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Рига”
  • Komi: “Рига”
  • Korean: “리가”
  • Kotava: “Riga”
  • Kurdish: “Rîga”
  • Ladino: “Riga”
  • Latgalian: “Reiga”
  • Latin: “Riga”
  • Latvian: “Rīga”
  • Lezghian: “Рига”
  • Ligurian: “Riga”
  • Ligurian: “Rigg-a”
  • Limburgan: “Riga”
  • Lingala: “Riga”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Riga”
  • Literary Chinese: “里加”
  • Lithuanian: “Ryga”
  • Livvi: “Riga”
  • Lombard: “Riga”
  • Low German: “Riga”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Riga”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rīga”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Riga”
  • Macedonian: “Рига”
  • Malagasy: “Riga”
  • Malay: “Riga”
  • Malayalam: “റിഗ”
  • Maltese: “Riga”
  • Manx: “Rīga”
  • Maori: “Riga”
  • Marathi: “रिगा”
  • Mazanderani: “ریگا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Riga”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Riga”
  • Minangkabau: “Riga”
  • Mingrelian: “რიგა”
  • Moksha: “Рига”
  • Mongolian: “Рига”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ريڭا”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ريݣا”
  • Nauru: “Riga”
  • Navajo: “Tóntsxaa Biih Yílį́”
  • Northern Frisian: “Riga”
  • Northern Luri: “ریگا”
  • Northern Sami: “Riga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Riga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Riga”
  • Norwegian: “Riga”
  • Novial: “Riga”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Riga”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rīga”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ryga”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Riga”
  • Ossetian: “Ригæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਰੀਗਾ”
  • Papiamento: “Riga”
  • Persian: “ریگا”
  • Piemontese: “Riga”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Riigaa”
  • Polish: “Ryga”
  • Portuguese: “Riga”
  • Pushto: “ریګا”
  • Quechua: “Riga”
  • Romanian: “Riga”
  • Romanian: “Рига”
  • Romansh: “Riga”
  • Russian: “Рига”
  • Rusyn: “Ріґа”
  • Samogitian: “Rīga”
  • Sardinian: “Riga”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Riga”
  • Scots: “Riga”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Riga”
  • Serbian: “Рига”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Riga”
  • Shona: “Riga”
  • Sicilian: “Riga”
  • Silesian: “Ryga”
  • Sindhi: “ريگا”
  • Sinhala: “රිගා”
  • Slovak: “Riga”
  • Slovenian: “Riga”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ریقا”
  • Southern Sotho: “Riga”
  • Spanish: “Riga”
  • Spanish: “Rīga”
  • Spanish: “Ryga”
  • Swahili: “Riga”
  • Swedish: “Riga”
  • Swiss German: “Riga”
  • Tagalog: “Riga”
  • Tajik: “Рига”
  • Talysh: “Riga”
  • Talysh: “Riqa”
  • Tamil: “ரீகா”
  • Tatar: “Рига”
  • Telugu: “రీగా”
  • Thai: “รีกา”
  • Tibetan: “རི་ག”
  • Tok Pisin: “Riga”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Riga”
  • Tumbuka: “Riga”
  • Turkish: “Riga”
  • Turkmen: “Riga”
  • Twi: “Riga”
  • Udmurt: “Рига”
  • Uighur: “رىگا”
  • Ukrainian: “Рига”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Riga”
  • Urdu: “ریگا”
  • Uzbek: “Riga”
  • Venetian: “Riga”
  • Veps: “Rig”
  • Vietnamese: “Riga”
  • Vlaams: “Riga”
  • Vlax Romani: “Riga”
  • Volapük: “Rīga”
  • Võro: “Riia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Riga”
  • Welsh: “Riga”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռիկա”
  • Western Frisian: “Riga”
  • Western Mari: “Рига”
  • Western Panjabi: “ریگا”
  • Wolof: “Riga”
  • Wu Chinese: “里加”
  • Yakut: “Рига”
  • Yiddish: “Rige”
  • Yiddish: “ריגע”
  • Yoruba: “Riga”
  • Yue Chinese: “里加”
  • Zeeuws: “Riga”
  • Zulu: “IRiga”
  • “ma tomo Lika”
  • “Riga”
  • “Rīga”
  • “Riia”
  • “Rīnga”
  • “Рига”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Riga”. Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 3.0.