Riga
Rīga | |
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![]() From top, left to right: the Freedom Monument, the Riga City Council building, the House of the Blackheads, Līvu Square, and the Latvian National Opera | |
Coordinates: 56°56′56″N 24°6′23″E / 56.94889°N 24.10639°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Government | |
• Type | City council |
• Mayor | Vilnis Ķirsis |
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 | 2,000/km2 (5,100/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) |
Calling codes | 66 and 67 |
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 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. [7]
The mayor of Riga was Mārtiņš Staķis. He resigned in July 2023. [8]
The current mayor of Riga is Vilnis Ķirsis. He became the mayor on July 5, 2023.
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