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Riga (/ ˈriːɡə / REE-gə) [a] is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as one of the most populous cities in the Baltic States. Home to 605,273 inhabitants, the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga metropolitan area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at ...
In 2014, Riga was the European Capital of Culture, [96] Latvia joined the eurozone and adopted the EU single currency euro as the currency of the country [97] and Latvian Valdis Dombrovskis was named vice-president of the European Commission. [98] In 2015 Latvia held the presidency of Council of the European Union. [99]
History of Riga. Riga skyline from across the Daugava in 1547. The history of Riga, the capital of Latvia, begins as early as the 2nd century with a settlement, the Duna urbs, at a natural harbor not far upriver from the mouth of the Daugava River. Later settled by Livs and Kurs, it was already an established trade center in the early Middle ...
Latvia's capital city Riga, founded in 1201 by Germans at the mouth of the Daugava, became a strategic base in a papally-sanctioned conquest of the area by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. It was to be the first major city of the southern Baltic and, after 1282, a principal trading centre in the Hanseatic League.
Contents. List of cities and towns in Latvia. There are 10 cities (Latvian: valstspilsēta, "state city", pl. valstspilsētas) and 71 towns (Latvian: novada pilsēta, "municipality town", pl. novada pilsētas) in Latvia. By Latvian law, towns are settlements that are centers of culture and commerce with a well-developed architectural ...
The economy of Latvia is an open economy in Europe and is part of the European Single Market. Latvia is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since 1999, [34] a member of the European Union since 2004, a member of the Eurozone since 2014 and a member of the OECD since 2016. [35] Latvia is ranked the 14th in the world by the Ease of ...
Latvia is a democratic parliamentary republic and is divided into 26 districts. The capital and largest city is Riga. Latvia has been a member of the United Nations since 17 September 1991, of the European Union since 1 May 2004 and of NATO since 29 March 2004.
Salaspils (population 21,106 in the census of 2000, known as Kircholm until 1917), is a city 18 km south-east of Riga in Latvia, on the northern bank of Daugava river. Salaspils is one of the oldest settlements in Latvia. Archaeological excavations of 1964-1975 (during the construction of Riga HES) in ancient settlements, burial grounds and ...