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Riga (other)
Riga is the capital of Latvia. Riga may also refer to: Geography ;In Latvia *Riga International Airport *Riga Cathedral, a church in Riga *Riga Castle, a building in Riga *Riga Black Balsam, an alcoholic drink in Latvia ;Elsewhere *Riga, New York, town in Monroe County, New York **Riga Academy, a house in Riga, New York *Riga Township, Michigan, civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan *Mount Riga (NYCRR station), former train station *Riga Assembly constituency in Bihar, India Sports *FK Rīga, a Latvian football club *HK Riga 2000, a Latvian ice hockey team *Riga Vanderer, defunct Latvian football club Technology *Riga class frigate, Soviet Navy class of frigates *Riga (moped) Moped, 1965–1992 Other *1796 Riga, an asteroid *RIGA Project, a United Nations project *, a number of ships with this name *Riga Mustapha, a Ghanaian football player *Riga (surname) See also *Rizhsky (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. 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 and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
