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Riga

Total population

595,053

Air quality index

39Good

Coordinates56.95°, 24.11°

Demographic figures from Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Riga, officially Riga State City, is the capital, primate, and largest city of Latvia and the second largest in the Baltics. Home to 588,911 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 847,162. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers 307.17 km2 (118.60 sq mi) and lies 1–10 m (3–33 ft) above sea level on a flat and sandy plain.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Otto Seeck

German classical historian (1850–1921)

Heinz Erhardt

German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)

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Friedrich Alexander Buhse

Baltic German botanist (1821-1898)

Christoph Haberland

Baltic German architect (1750–1803)

Daniel Fridman

German chess player

Lev Gutman

German chess player (born 1945)

Theodor Molien

Baltic German mathematician (1861-1941)

Leonid Andrussow

German chemical engineer (1896-1988)

Harald Julius von Bosse

Baltic German artist (1812–1894)

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Andreas von Mirbach

German diplomat (1931–1975)

Nicolai Hartmann

German philosopher (1882–1950)

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Meinhard von Gerkan

German architect (1935–2022)

Arkadij Naiditsch

Latvian-German chess player

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Wolfgang Ostwald

German physical chemist and biologist (1883-1943)

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Thomas Schöning

Archbishop of Riga (1500-1539)

Carl Schirren

Baltic German historian (1826–1910)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Riga

Hundarna i Riga

Henning Mankell · 1992

Riga, Latvia - City Map

Jason Bates · 2017

City Maps Riga Latvia

James McFee · 2017

Riga (Latvia) - Wink Travel Guide

Wink Travel Wink Travel Guide · 2019

Rigas attistibas plans

Riga (Latvia) · 1995

[Newspapers from Riga, Latvia]

1989

Der stadt Riga statuta und rechte

Rīga (Latvia) · 1798

Bericht über die verwaltung der stadt Riga für 1879

Rīga (Latvia) · 1881

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