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Riga
Rīga | |
|---|---|
 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 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Riga Location of Riga in Latvia | |
| Coordinates: 56°56′56″N 24°6′23″E / 56.94889°N 24.10639°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 |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
 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.
- ↑ "Riga City Council". Riga City Council. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ↑ "Riga in Figures". Riga City Council. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
- ↑ "Table RESIDENT POPULATION BY STATISTICAL REGION, CITY AND COUNTY Riga city". csb.gov.lv. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ "2.1. Gross Domestic Product – Stratēģijas Uzraudzības Sistēma". sus.lv. Archived from the original on 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Historic Centre of Riga". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ↑ "Staķis paziņo par atkāpšanos no Rīgas mēra amata". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-08-22.