Riga
Capital and largest city of Latvia
Also known as Rige · Riia · Rija · Rīgõ
- Country
- Latvia(since 1990)
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- , Soviet Union(1944–1990)
- , Reichskommissariat Ostland(1941–1944)
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- Latvia(since 1990)
- Located in
- Latvia(since 1991)
- , Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic(1944–1991)
- , Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic(1940–1941)
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- Population
- 588,911(January 1, 2026)
1
Sources- 1.“Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)”data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRE/IRE071/Retrieved 2026-06-25
- , 595,053(January 1, 2025)
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Sources- 1.“Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)”data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRE/IRE071/Retrieved 2025-10-10
- , 601,882(January 1, 2024)
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Sources- 1.“Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)”data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRE/IRE071/Retrieved 2025-10-10
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- 588,911(January 1, 2026)
- Area
- 304 km²(January 1, 2026)
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Sources- 1.“Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā”data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT011/Retrieved 2026-06-19
- , 253.6 km²(January 1, 2026)
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Sources- 1.“Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā”data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT011/Retrieved 2026-06-19
- , 303.7782 km²
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Sources- 1.“Administratīvo teritoriju un teritoriālā iedalījuma vienību platības”data.gov.lv/dati/lv/dataset/administrativo-teritoriju-un-teritoriala-iedalijuma-vienibu-platibas/resource/c47d6626-fded-4213-8cc5-3b180868682fRetrieved 2019-10-17
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- 304 km²(January 1, 2026)
- Elevation
- 6 m
- Head of government
- Viesturs Kleinbergs(since 2025)
- , Oļegs Burovs(2019–2020)
- , Mārtiņš Staķis(2020–2023)
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- Founded
- 1201
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- 1201
- Postal code
- LV-1000
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
352 statements · 22% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Kyiv(since 1998)
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Sources- 1.old.kyivcity.gov.ua/files/2018/2/15/Mista-pobratymy.pdf
- 2.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- 3.kyivcity.gov.ua/kyiv_ta_miska_vlada/pro_kyiv/mista-pobratimi_z_yakimi_kiyevom_pidpisani_dokumenti_pro_poridnennya_druzhbu_spivrobitnitstvo_partnerstvo/
- Florence(since 2004)
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Sources- 1.comune.fi.it/pagina/firenze-internazionale/gemellaggi-e-patti-di-amicizia
- 2.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Vilnius(since 2005)
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Sources- 1.ivilnius.lt/pazink/apie-vilniu/miestai-partneriai
- 2.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- 3.vilnius.lt/lt/tarptautinis-bendradarbiavimas/
- Tbilisi(since 2007)
3
Sources- 1.tbilisi.gov.ge/img/original/2018/6/12/tbilisiinfigures.pdf
- 2.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- 3.tbilisi.gov.ge/img/original/2024/4/22/%E1%83%97%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98_-_2023.pdf
- Taipei(since 2001)
1
Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Calais
- Aalborg(since 1989)
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Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Almaty(since 1998)
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Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
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- Astana(since 1998)
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Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Bremen(since 1985)
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Sources- 1.landesportal.bremen.de/bund-europa-international
- 2.rathaus.bremen.de/partnerstadt_riga-2272
- 3.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Cairns(since 2013)
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Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Tallinn(since 2005)
1
Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Tartu City(since 2005)
1
Sources- 1.“Cooperation between Tartu and Rīga”tartu.ee/en/rigaRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Slough
- Alicante
- Amsterdam
- Dunkirk
- Bordeaux(since 1993)
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Sources- 1.bordeaux.fr/ebx/LinkResolverServlet?classofcontent=presentationStandard&id=5683
- 2.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Kobe(since 1974)
1
Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Moscow
- Dallas(since 1986)
- Minsk
- Beijing
- Rostock(since 1961)
- Saint Petersburg(since 1997)
- Santiago(since 1997)
1
Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Stockholm Municipality
- Suzhou
- Warsaw
1
Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Guam
- Paita
- Pori(since 1964)
1
Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Norrköping Municipality
1
Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Kaunas(since 2013)
- Yerevan(since 2013)
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Sources- 1.“Riga Twin Cities”riga.lv/en/riga-twin-citiesRetrieved 2023-09-04
- Hagåtña
- Kyiv(since 1998)
- Local dialing code
- 66-67
- Shares border with
- Jūrmala
- Mārupe Municipality
- Olaine Municipality
- Ķekava Municipality
- Salaspils Municipality
- Ropaži Municipality
- Ādaži Municipality
- Garkalne Municipality(until 2021)
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- Carnikava Municipality(until 2021)
- Babīte Municipality(until 2021)
- Mārupe Municipality(until 2021)
- Ķekava Municipality(until 2021)
- Stopiņi Municipality(until 2021)
- Capital of
- Latvia(since 1990)
- Livonian confederation
- Livonia Governorate(1796–1918)
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- Riga governorate(1713–1796)
- Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
- Riga County
- Free City of Riga
- Interwar Latvia(1918–1940)
- List of monuments
- Cultural heritage monuments in Central District, Riga
- Cultural heritage monuments in Kurzeme District, Riga
- State protected cultural monuments in Latgale Suburb, Riga
- Cultural heritage monuments in Vidzeme Suburb, Riga
- Cultural heritage monuments in Zemgale Suburb, Riga
- Cultural heritage monuments in Northern District, Riga
- Cultural heritage monuments in Vecrīga, Riga
- Awards
- European Capital of Culture(2014)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Europa“Rīga and Umeå: European Capitals of Culture in 2014”europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1313_en.htmRetrieved 2017-01-01
- 2.Stated in Europa“Rīga un Ūmeo — 2014. gada Eiropas kultūras galvaspilsētas”europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1313_lv.htmRetrieved 2017-01-01
- European Capital of Culture(2014)
- Official name
- Rīga
- Native label
- Rīga pronunciation audio: Lv-Rīga.ogg
- Demonym
- Rigoise applies to part: feminine singular
- Rigois applies to part: masculine singular
- Rižan applies to part: masculine singular
- Rižanka applies to part: feminine singular
- Geoshape
- Data:Latvia/Riga.map
- Different from
- Riga criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Riga
- Rig criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Rig
- Present in work
- Civilization V subject has role: City-state
- Contains settlement
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- Voleri
- Zasulauks
- Āgenskalns
- Atgāzene
- Bišumuiža
- Beberbeķi
- Bieriņi
- Katlakalns
- Mūkupurvs
- Spilve
- Pleskodāle
- Salas
- Šampēteris
- Torņakalns
- Ziepniekkalns
- Zolitūde
- Čiekurkalns
- Jaunciems
- Kundziņsala
- Mangaļsala
- Mežaparks
- Mīlgrāvis
- Pētersala-Andrejsala
- Sarkandaugava
- Trīsciems
- Vecāķi
- Vecdaugava
- Vecmīlgrāvis
- Vecrīga
- Centrs
- Berģi
- Brekši
- Bukulti
- Dreiliņi
- Jugla
- Mežciems
- Purvciems
- Skanste
- Suži
- Teika
- Avoti
- Dārzciems
- Dārziņi
- Grīziņkalns
- Šķirotava
- Pļavnieki
- Ķengarags
- Latgale Neighborhood
- Rumbula
- Ķīpsala
- GDP per capita
- €28,943(January 1, 2021)
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Sources- 1.“Iekšzemes kopprodukts un bruto pievienotā vērtība pa darbības veidiem reģionos un valstspilsētās faktiskajās cenās (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)”data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__VEK__IK__IKR/IKR060/Retrieved 2024-08-22
- €28,943(January 1, 2021)
- GDP (nominal)
- €17.6B(January 1, 2021)
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Sources- 1.“Iekšzemes kopprodukts un bruto pievienotā vērtība pa darbības veidiem reģionos un valstspilsētās faktiskajās cenās (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)”data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__VEK__IK__IKR/IKR050/Retrieved 2024-08-22
- €17.6B(January 1, 2021)
- Has characteristic
- capital city
- largest city relative to: Latvia
- largest city relative to: Baltic states
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 653,991(December 5, 2025) youtube channel id: UCnpNiIZTRDchM5GKm6faVWw · youtube handle: riga_1201
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- 653,991(December 5, 2025) youtube channel id: UCnpNiIZTRDchM5GKm6faVWw · youtube handle: riga_1201
On other databases
109 identifiers linking Riga across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:5371
- ArchINFORM location ID1225
- Armeniapedia ID17316
- ATVK ID0001000
- BBC News topic IDc9ed7er5l2dt
- BBC Things ID473a59cc-8b0f-4350-b8e2-cd660149441c
- BHCL UUID5649dff1-66aa-4bd6-83c4-46e5b779f18d
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00002783
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Latvia/Localities/Riga/
- De Agostini IDRiga+(città)
- DPLA subject termRiga
- Early Modern Letters Online location IDadb4409b-7079-4ea5-9b7f-c963ab66a7db
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0010489
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Riga
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDriga
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3m5Ldx
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)562716
- Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID6754
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ53
- EuroVoc ID7864
- Facebook location ID111536985531661
- Facebook usernameRiga.lv
- FactGrid item IDQ10457
- FAST ID1204410
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)LG25
- Flickr user ID103426396@N05
- Freebase ID/m/06cn5
- GeoNames ID456172
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7006484
- GitHub topicriga
- GND ID4050042-1
- Golden ID (archived)Riga-ZX568
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDriga
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0055671
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDRiga
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)3508974
- Grove Art Online IDT072120
- Gynopedia IDRiga
- Harper's tagriga
- HASCLV.RA
- Hikr waypoint ID18345
- Image Archive, Herder InstituteQ1773
- Instagram usernameriga.lv
- Interlingual Index IDi84035
- ISO 3166-2 codeLV-RIX
- J9U entity ID987007552634805171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID12755
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)13520
- JewishGen Locality ID3212216
- Klexikon article IDRiga
- KSW place ID79033
- Latvian National Address Register ID100003003
- Latvian toponymic names database ID29779
- Le Figaro tag IDRiga
- Lex IDRiga
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79013823
- Libris-URIdbqsrrmx1bs9ln7
- Münzkabinett IDlocation/709
- Museum-digital place ID423
- MusicBrainz area ID9c612199-d66f-4109-aedc-67ab26e0a43b
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/CF92A898-59AF-4673-9601-119EDFFFF2E4
- National Library of Iceland ID000077267
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000974393
- National Library of Latvia ID000042006
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:V*301083;=BB
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX457238
- NDL Authority ID00916865
- NL CR AUT IDge130643
- NSK (VIAF) ID000656907
- NSK ID981005702523909366
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning361806
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3970404
- OpenStreetMap node ID26707967
- OpenStreetMap relation ID13048688
- OpenWeatherMap city ID456173
- Provenio UUIDefa8f9bc-4583-46b2-9a93-49c3dfd52503
- Quora topic IDRiga-Latvia
- RKD thesaurus ID5138
- SBN place IDMUSL002902
- SELIBR ID158158
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) IDvtls002250612
- SNARC IDQ1382
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1203328
- Subredditriga
- SVKKL authority ID0212791-Riga-Lotyssko
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDUEDQAYQY6VFATFC5XYKWPMPDPI
- Treccani IDriga
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana IDriga_res-4e37f10e-8bb6-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10045222
- UK Parliament thesaurus ID12514