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Riga (/ ˈ r iː ɡ ə / ⓘ REE-gə) [a] is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia. 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 860,142 (as of 2023).
Jugla is a neighbourhood of Riga, the capital of Latvia.It is located in the Vidzeme Suburb, west of the Lake Jugla and southeast of the Lake Ķīšezers.Jugla is bordered by Čiekurkalns, Mežciems and Teika to the west, Dreiliņi to the southwest, Brekši to the southeast and Bukulti to the east.
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 infrastructure and street grid, and have at least 2,000 ...
[4] [8] The evidence is conclusive, however, that Riga owes its name to its already-established role in commerce between East and West, [6] as a borrowing of the Latvian rija, for warehouse, the "y" sound of the "j" later transcribed and hardened in German to a "g"—most notably, Riga is named Rie (no "g") in English geographer Richard Hakluyt ...
Simple English; سنڌي; Slovenčina ... Download QR code; Print/export ... Categories by city in Latvia (7 C) * Spa towns in Latvia (2 P) State cities of Latvia (10 ...
Riga was dominated first by Germans, later by Sweden and then by Russian Empire until Latvia, with Riga as its capital city, thus declared its independence on 18 November 1918. After World War II Latvia was incorporated in to Soviet Union, however it restored its independence in early 1990s. In 2001, Riga celebrated its 800th anniversary as a city.
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The current administrative division of Latvia came into force on 1 July 2021. On 10 June 2020, the Saeima approved a municipal reform that would reduce the 110 municipalities and nine republic cities to 43 local government units consisting of 36 municipalities ( Latvian : novadi , sg. novads ) and seven state cities ( valstspilsētas, sg ...