Riga
Riga (Latvie: Rīga, pronounced [riːɡa] (
listen)) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Latvie, a major industrial, commercial, cultural an financial centre o the Baltics, an an important seaport, situatit on the mouth o the Daugava. Wi 706,413 inhabitants (2010), it is the lairgest ceety o the Baltic states an third-lairgest in the Baltic region, ahint Saunt Petersburg an Stockholm (coontin residents athin the ceety limits). Riga's territory covers 307.17 km2 (118.60 sq mi) an lies atween 1 an 10 metres (3.3 an 33 ft) abuin sea level, on a flat an sandy plain.
Riga Rīga | |
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 A view frae St. Peter's Kirk in Riga Auld Toun. | |
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| Coordinates: 56°56′56″N 24°6′23″E / 56.94889°N 24.10639°ECoordinates: 56°56′56″N 24°6′23″E / 56.94889°N 24.10639°E | |
| Kintra |  Latvie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Ceety cooncil |
| • Mayor | Nils Ušakovs |
| Area (2002) [2] | |
| • Ceety | 307.17 km2 (118.60 sq mi) |
| • Water | 48.50 km2 (18.73 sq mi) 15.8% |
| • Metro | 10132 km2 (3,912 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) [3] | |
| • Ceety | 706,413 |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,098,523 (Riga Region) |
| • Metro density | 108.3/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Rīdzinieki |
| Ethnicity (2010) [4] | |
| • Latvies | 42.5 % |
| • Roushies | 40.7 % |
| • Belaroushies | 4.0 % |
| • Ukrainians | 3.9 % |
| • Poles | 2.0 % |
| • Ithers | 6.7 % |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Cawin codes | 66 & 67 |
| Website | www.riga.lv |
Riga's historical centre haes been declared a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid, an the ceety is pairticularly notable for its extensive Jugendstil (German Art Nouveau) airchitecture, which UNESCO considers tae be unparalleled onywhere in the warld.[5]
Etymology
eeditAne theory for the oreegin o the name Riga is that it is a corruptit borraein frae the Liv ringa meanin luip, referrin tae the auncient natural harbour formed bi the tributary luip o the Daugava.[6][7] The ither is that Riga awes its name tae this awready-established role in commerce atween East an Wast,[8] as a borraein o the Latvian rija, for threshin barn, the "j" becomin a "g" in German—notably, Riga is cried Rie bi Inglis geographer Richard Hakluyt (1589),[9][10] an German historian Dionysius Fabricius (1610) confirms the oreegin o Riga frae rija.[9][11] Anither theory coud be that Riga wis named efter Riege, the German name for the River Rīdzene, a tributary o the Daugava.[12]
Sports
eeditSports clubs
eedit- Basketbaw
- Barons LMT — a men's basketbaw team, twa-time Latvian champion, as well as the 2008 FIBA EuroCup winner.
- TTT Riga — a women's basketbaw team, which throughoot 1960 an 1982 wan aichteen FIBA EuroLeague Women titles.
- VEF Riga
- Ice hockey
- Dinamo Riga — an ice hockey club established in 2008. It plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. Dinamo wis established as a successor tae the umwhile hockey team wi the same name, which wis foondit in 1946 but ceased tae exist in 1995.
- Fitbaa
- Skonto FC — a fitbaa club established in 1991. The club wan fowerteen successive Latvian Higher League titles. For a lang time it providit the core o the Latvian naitional fitbaa team.
- FK Jaunība
- JFK Olimps/RFS
Sports facilities
eedit- Arena Riga — a multi-purpose arena biggit in 2006 as the main venue for the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. It can hauld up tae 14,500 fowk an haes hostit ice hockey, basketbaw an volleybaw events, as well as Red Bull X-Fighters.
- Skonto Stadium — a fitbaa stadium, biggit in 2000. It is the main stadium uised for gemmes o the Latvian naitional fitbaa team.
- Daugava Stadium — a stadium biggit in 1958, uised for baith fitbaa an athletics.
- Latvijas Universitates Stadions
Sports events
eeditInternaitional relations
eeditTwin touns — Sister ceeties
eeditRiga maintains sister ceety relationships wi the follaein ceeties:[13]
References
eedit- ↑ "Riga City Council". Riga City Council. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 22 Julie 2009.
- ↑ "Riga in Figures". Riga Ceety Cooncil. Archived frae the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
- ↑ "Table IE52:Resident Population by Region, City and District at the beginning of the year". csb.gov.lv. Archived frae the original on 27 Mey 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ↑ "Resident Population by Ethnicity and by Region, Cityr and District at the Bebinning of the Year". csb.gov.lv. Retrieved 22 Julie 2010. [deid airtin]
- ↑ "World Heritage List — Riga (Latvia); No. 852" (PDF). unesco.org. pp. 3 (67). Retrieved 25 Julie 2009.
- ↑ "Teritorija un administratīvās robežas vēsturiskā skatījumā" (in Latvian). Cities Environmental Reports on the Internet. Archived frae the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Endzelīns, Did Celts Inhabit the Baltics (1911 Dzimtene's Vēstnesis (Homeland Messenger) No. 227) Archived 2008-12-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
- ↑ Vauchez et al. Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Routledge, 2001
- ↑ a b Bilmanis, A. Latvia as an Independent State. Latvian Legation. 1947.
- ↑ Pronouncing the "i" and "e" separately, REE-eh, is the best approximation tae the Latvian rija, as "Ria" wad result in an "i" no "ee" soond.
- ↑ Fabrius, D. Livonicae Historiae Compendiosa Series, 1610: Riga nomen sortita est suum ab aedificiis vel horreis quorum a litus Dunae magna fuit copia, quas livones sua lingua Rias vocare soliti. (in Laitin)
- ↑ "Rīdziņa". Archived frae the original on 11 Julie 2007. Retrieved 20 Februar 2011.
- ↑ "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 Julie 2009.
- ↑ "Aalborg Kommune - Venskabsbyer". Web.archive.org. 14 November 2007. Archived frae the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 26 Julie 2009."Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 20 Februar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2010. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
- ↑ "Sister City, Friendly City, Friendship & Cooperation City" (in Japanese). © 2007-2009 City of Kobe. Retrieved 14 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Mayor Announces Sister City — Meeting (7/30/2003)". Providence, RI, Office of the Mayor. Retrieved 17 Januar 2007.
- ↑ "Saint Petersburg in figures - International and Interregional Ties". Saint Petersburg City Government. Archived frae the original on 24 Februar 2009. Retrieved 27 Julie 2009.
- ↑ "British Latvian Trade – the magazine of the British Chamber of Commerce in Latvia" (PDF). pp. 10, col. 2. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 26 Juin 2008. Retrieved 11 Februar 2008.
- ↑ Sister city list Archived 2014-04-10 at the Wayback Machine (.DOC)
- ↑ (in Pols) "Miasta partnerskie Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta. 4 Mey 2005. Archived frae the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Riga. |
- Riga Municipality portal Archived 2011-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Other riga - The hame page aboot Riga
Travel guide tae Riga frae Wikivoyage- Map o Greater Riga Archived 2010-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Riga Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine—entry (airticle an engravin) frae The National Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, circa 1900
- "Riga/Рига" photo album Archived 2013-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, circa 1910
- "Foreign Corn Ports-Riga" Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine—The Illustrated London News
- Riga Daily Photos an Webcams Archived 2009-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Virtual Map o Riga Ceety Archived 2018-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
- "Riga" Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine—pictures frae Riga
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