Riga
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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]
Quick Facts Rīga, Country ...
Riga
Rīga | |
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Coordinates: 56°56′56″N 24°6′23″E | |
Country | Latvia |
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 |
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Quick Facts UNESCO World Heritage Site, Criteria ...
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Criteria | Cultural: i, ii |
Reference | 852 |
Inscription | 1997 (21st Session) |
Area | 438.3 ha |
Buffer zone | 1,574.2 ha |
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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.