Administrative divisions of Riga

Left-bank Riga is distinguished by its green streets and large parks.

The administrative divisions of Riga consists of six official administrative entities: Central District, Kurzeme District, Latgale Suburb, Northern District, Vidzeme Suburb and Zemgale Suburb. Three entities were established 1 September 1941, and another three were established in October 1969.[1] The current names were confirmed 28 December 1990.[2]

There are also semi-official lower level administrative units – 58 neighbourhoods (Latvian: apkaimes) – introduced gradually from 2007 to 2012, when they were initially introduced by the Riga City Council Development Agency as city planning and local identity units.[3][4] While the plan to give official status to the neighborhoods has been dormant since 2010, the neighborhoods have become the more frequently used unit used by both the municipality and the inhabitants.[5][6][7]

Administrative divisions

Statistical overview of the administrative divisions of Riga[8]
Entity Area Population
Central District 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) 26,466
Kurzeme District 79 km2 (31 sq mi) 134,817
Latgale Suburb 50 km2 (19 sq mi) 197,166
Northern District 77 km2 (30 sq mi) 81,972
Vidzeme Suburb 57 km2 (22 sq mi) 173,124
Zemgale Suburb 41 km2 (16 sq mi) 106,068

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).[1] The current names of the six administrative entities of Riga were confirmed 28 December 1990 at the time of the Third Latvian National Awakening.[2]

The largest entity when it comes to area is Kurzeme District with 79 square kilometres (31 sq mi), and the smallest is Central District with 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi). 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 square kilometres (118.60 sq mi), of which 67 square kilometres (26 sq mi) or 21.8% are residential areas, 52.45 square kilometres (20.25 sq mi) or 17% are industrial facilities, 24.64 square kilometres (9.51 sq mi) or 8% are streets, 57.54 square kilometres (22.22 sq mi) or 19% are parks and 48.50 square kilometres (18.73 sq mi) or 15.8% consists of water bodies.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Mikk Lõhmus and Illar Tõnisson. "Evolvement of Administrative Division of Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius" (PDF). Tallinn University of Technology. pp. 55, 77. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  2. 1 2 "Changes in the Administrative Division of the Territory of Riga after the Loss of Independence (1940-1991)". Riga City Environment Centre "Agenda 21". Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Riga neighborhoods – GEO RĪGA". Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  4. ↑ "Par Rīgas apkaimju robežām" [On the Borders of the Neighborhoods of Riga]. Rīgas Apkaimju alianse (in Latvian). Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  5. ↑ "Apkaimju projekts" (in Latvian). Riga City Council Development Agency. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Par projektu". Apkaimes (in Latvian). Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  7. ↑ "Rīgas apkaimes – GEO RĪGA" (in Latvian). Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  8. 1 2 "Rīga skaitļos" (in Latvian). Riga City Council. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
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