Administrative divisions of Riga

Administrative divisions

The city of Riga is divided into six administrative entities: Central, Kurzeme and Northern Districts and the Latgale, Vidzeme and Zemgale Suburbs. Three of these entities were established 1 September 1941, and were later called Proletariat, Kirov and Moscow districts (Vidzeme Suburb, Central District and Latgale Suburb). October 1969, further three districts were established, these were October, Lenin and Leningrad districts (Northern District, Zemgale Suburb and Kurzeme District). The current names of the six administrative entities of Riga were confirmed 28 December 1990 at the time of the Third Latvian National Awakening.

The largest entity when it comes to area is Kurzeme District with 79 km2, and the smallest is Central District with 3 km2. The most populated entity is Latgale Suburb with 197,166 inhabitants, and the least populated is Central District with 26,466 inhabitants.

Territorial divisions

The total area of Riga is 307.17 km2, of which 67 km2 or 21.8% are residential areas, 52.45 km2 or 17% are industrial facilities, 24.64 km2 or 8% are streets, 57.54 km2 or 19% are parks and 48.50 km2 or 15.8% consists of water bodies.

References

References

1. "Apkaimju projekts". [[Riga City Council Development Agency]].
2. "Rīga skaitļos". [[Riga City Council]].
3. Mikk Lõhmus and Illar Tõnisson. "Evolvement of Administrative Division of Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius". [[Tallinn University of Technology]].
4. "Changes in the Administrative Division of the Territory of Riga after the Loss of Independence (1940-1991)". Riga City Environment Centre "Agenda 21".