Rīgas apriņķis
County in Livonia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Riga County (Latvian: Rīgas apriņķis, German: Kreis Riga, Russian: Рижскій уѣздъ, romanized: Rizhskiy uyezd) was a historic county of the Duchy of Livonia, the Governorate of Livonia, and the Republic of Latvia which was dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Latvian SSR in 1949.
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Riga County
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Country | |
Russian Governorate | Livonia |
Established | 1630 |
Abolished | 1949 |
Capital | Riga |
Area | |
• Total | 6,113.10 km2 (2,360.28 sq mi) |
Population (1897) | |
• Total | 396,101 |
• Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
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