🇱🇻 Letonia · capital
Riga
Riga, officially Riga State City, is the capital, primate, and largest city of Latvia and the second most-populous city 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.
- Country
- 🇱🇻 Letonia
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 742,572
- Time zone
- Europe/Riga
- Coordinates
- 56.95, 24.11
How far Riga is from other cities in Letonia
- Mārupe6 km✈ 45 min · 🚗 6 min
- Salaspils18 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 18 min
- Jūrmala21 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 21 min
- Ogre34 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 34 min
- Jelgava41 km✈ 48 min · 🚗 41 min
- Tukums58 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 58 min
- Cēsis81 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 21 min
- Valmiera103 km✈ 53 min · 🚗 1 h 43 min
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