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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 ...
Riga (17 C, 4 P) Rome (15 C, 5 P) S. ... European Capital of Culture; European Green Capital Award; European Youth Capital; A. Amsterdam; Andorra la Vella; Athens; B.
The capital of Turkey's predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, was Constantinople. Antananarivo Madagascar: Africa: Apia Samoa: Oceania: Ashgabat Turkmenistan: Asia: Asmara Eritrea: Africa: Astana Kazakhstan: Asia: Astana was named Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 1997 and its predecessor the Kazakh SSR ...
Tours (10–13 June 1940), the city served as the temporary capital of France during World War II after the government fled Paris due to the German advance. Bordeaux (June 1940), the government was relocated from Paris to Tours then Bordeaux very briefly during World War II, when it became apparent that Paris would soon fall into German hands.
Colombo (former capital; has some government offices) Sri Lanka: Also known as "Kotte". Until the 1980s, the capital was Colombo, where many important governmental institutions still remain and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. 6.92 Palikir: Federated States of Micronesia: 7.07 Majuro: Marshall Islands: 7.48 ...
[43] [44] The other is that Riga owes its name to this already-established role in commerce between East and West, [45] as a borrowing of the Latvian rija, for warehouse, the "j" becoming a "g" in German—notably, Riga is called Rie by English geographer Richard Hakluyt (1589), [46] [47] and German historian Dionysius Fabricius (1610) confirms ...
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During the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629) Riga and the largest part of Duchy of Livonia came under Swedish rule in 1621. During the Swedish rule, this region was known as the "Swedish Bread Basket" because it supplied the larger part of the Swedish Kingdom with wheat. Riga was the second largest city in the Swedish Empire at the time.