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Cities in Latvia: Riga, Liep Ja, J Rmala, Daugavpils, List of Cities and Towns in Latvia, R Zekne, Jelgava, Ventspils

Cities in Latvia: Riga, Liep Ja, J Rmala, Daugavpils, List of Cities and Towns in Latvia, R Zekne, Jelgava, Ventspils


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Riga, Liep ja, J rmala, Daugavpils, List of cities and towns in Latvia, R zekne, Jelgava, Ventspils, List of cities in the Baltic States by population, Valmiera, J kabpils, List of renamed cities in Latvia. Excerpt: Riga (Latvian: , pronounced ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia, one of the major industrial, commercial, cultural and financial centres of the Baltics, and an important seaport, situated on the mouth of the Daugava. With 702,891 inhabitants (July 2011) it is the largest city of the Baltic states. Riga's territory covers 307.17 km (118.60 sq mi) and lies between 1 and 10 metres (3.3 and 33 ft) above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga's historical centre has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the city is particularly notable for its extensive Jugendstil (German Art Nouveau) architecture, which UNESCO considers to be unparalleled anywhere in the world. One theory for the origin of the name Riga is that it is a corrupted borrowing from the Liv ringa meaning loop, referring to the ancient natural harbour formed by the tributary loop of the Daugava. The other is that Riga owes its name to this already-established role in commerce between East and West, as a borrowing of the Latvian rija, for threshing barn, the "j" becoming a "g" in German - notably, Riga is called Rie by English geographer Richard Hakluyt (1589), and German historian Dionysius Fabricius (1610) confirms the origin of Riga from rija. Another theory could be that Riga was named after Riege, the German name for the River R dzene, a tributary of the Daugava. The bank of the Daugava river The Riga skyline in the mid-16th century, Cosmographia Universalis The river Daugava has been a trade route since antiquity, part of the Vikings' Dvina-Dnieper navigation route to Byzantium. A sheltered natural harbour 15 km (9.3 mi) ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157087960
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 68 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157087965
  • Publisher Date: 13 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Riga, Liep Ja, J Rmala, Daugavpils, List of Cities and Towns in Latvia, R Zekne, Jelgava, Ventspils
  • Width: 189 mm


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