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This is a list of cities in the Baltic States by population. The population is measured within city limits on a national level, independently, by each statistical bureau: Central Statistic Bureau of Latvia, [1] Statistics Estonia [2] and State Data Agency of Lithuania. [3]
Riga Ghetto inmates (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "People from Riga" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
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Latvia portal; This is a container category. ... People from Riga by occupation (19 C) This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 20:16 (UTC). Text ...
Riga's territory covers 307.17 km 2 (118.60 sq mi) and lies 1–10 m (3–33 ft) above sea level [12] on a flat and sandy plain. [12] 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 ...
Andrew Smith (born 1992) - American-Latvian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League; Konstantīns Sokoļskis (1904–1991) – romance and tango singer; Ksenia Solo (born 1987) – Latvian-Canadian actress; Serge Sorokko (born 1954) – art dealer and publisher; Raimonds Staprans (born 1926) – Latvian-American painter
Latvian people by city and occupation (2 C) Latvian people by occupation and city (4 C) A. ... People from Riga (3 C, 50 P) People from Rūjiena (10 P) S. People from ...
[4] [8] The evidence is conclusive, however, that Riga owes its name to its already-established role in commerce between East and West, [6] as a borrowing of the Latvian rija, for warehouse, the "y" sound of the "j" later transcribed and hardened in German to a "g"—most notably, Riga is named Rie (no "g") in English geographer Richard Hakluyt ...