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Fun fact 3 about Riga

Riga (33844464828)
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The Latvian National Opera, founded in 1918, is housed in a neoclassical building completed in 1863.

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Riga

Latvia

Country
Latvia
Population
614.6K
Coordinates
56.95, 24.11
415th most populous city in the world

Riga, officially Riga State City, is the capital, primate, and largest city of Latvia and the second largest in the Baltics. Home to 588,911 inhabitants, the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga metropolitan area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 847,162.

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Photo: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain · CC BY 2.0