Riga

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capital city city municipality

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia, a historic cultural and economic hub on the Baltic Sea known for its Art Nouveau architecture and significant port.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → city → municipality →
capitalOf	Latvia →
climate	humid continental climate →
coordinateLatitude	56.95 →
coordinateLongitude	24.10 →
country	Latvia →
foundedBy	Bishop Albert of Riga →
foundedInCentury	13th century →
hasAirport	Riga International Airport →
hasCallingCode	+371 →
hasDistrict	Centrs → Old Town →
hasHeritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
hasLandmark	Central Market → Freedom Monument → House of the Blackheads → Riga Castle → Riga Cathedral → St Peter's Church → Three Brothers →
hasRailwayStation	Riga Central Station →
hasRiver	Daugava River →
hasSportsTeam	Dinamo Riga → Riga FC →
hasTwinTown	Stockholm → Tallinn → Vilnius →
hasUniversity	Riga Technical University → University of Latvia →
heritageDesignationAppliesTo	Historic Centre of Riga →
isPortCityOn	Baltic Sea →
knownFor	Art Nouveau architecture → cultural hub → economic hub → major seaport → medieval Old Town →
largestCityOf	Latvia →
locatedIn	Baltic states → Northern Europe →
locatedOn	Baltic Sea → Daugava River →
memberOf	Hanseatic League →
officialLanguage	Latvian →
partOf	Riga Planning Region →
population	over 600000 inhabitants →
timeZone	Eastern European Summer Time → Eastern European Time →
usesCurrency	euro →
vehicleRegistrationCode	R →

Referenced by (43)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gunnar Birkerts → Isaiah Berlin → Sergei Eisenstein →	birthPlace
Calais → Kaunas → Slough ("Riga, Latvia") →	hasTwinTown
Governorate of Livonia → Swedish Livonia →	capital
Latvia → Riga City Hall →	hasCapital
Riga City Hall → Riga Polytechnic Institute →	locatedIn
Baltic Sea → Gulf of Riga →	majorPort
Andris Nelsons → Mikhail Baryshnikov →	placeOfBirth
Governorate of Livonia →	administrativeCenter
Riga Polytechnic Institute →	city
Kaunas Railway Station →	connectsTo
Swedish Livonia →	contains
Baltic Sea coast region →	containsPort
Riga City Hall ("Riga city centre") →	coordinateLocation
Daugava River →	crossesCity
Latvia men's national ice hockey team →	governingBodyHeadquarters
Mikhail Baryshnikov →	grewUpIn
Riga City Hall →	hasAddressCity
Eastern Europe →	hasMajorCity
Hanseatic League →	hasMember
Riga City Hall →	hasMunicipality
Governorate of Livonia →	hasPortCity
Army Group North →	headquartersLocation
Riga ("Historic Centre of Riga") →	heritageDesignationAppliesTo
Baltic Germans →	historicalPresence
Latvia men's national ice hockey team →	homeCity
Riga City Hall ("Riga Municipality") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Riga City Hall →	locatedInCapital
Gulf of Riga →	locatedNearCity
Art Nouveau →	majorCenter
Swedish Livonia →	majorCity
Boris Pugo →	residence
Treaty of Riga →	signedIn
Białystok →	twinCity
Johann Georg Hamann →	workLocation