Riga County

Summary

Riga County is an uezd of the Russian Empire^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of uezd_of_the_russian_empire entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Riga County is located in Duchy of Livonia^[3].
• Riga County is located in Swedish Livonia^[4].
• Riga County is located in Riga governorate^[5].
• Riga County is located in Riga Viceroyalty^[6].
• Riga County is located in Livonia Governorate^[7].
• Riga County is located in Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic^[8].
• Riga County is in the country of Russian Empire^[9].
• Riga County is in the country of Latvia^[10].
• Riga County's instance of is recorded as uezd of the Russian Empire^[11].
• Riga County's instance of is recorded as county of Latvia^[12].
• Riga County's capital is recorded as Riga^[13].
• Riga County's locator map image is recorded as Liflandia Governorate Rizhsky uezd.svg^[14].
• Riga County's Commons category is recorded as Kreis Riga^[15].
• +1566-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Riga County^[16].
• Riga County was dissolved in +1949-12-31T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Riga County's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ztb6jv^[18].
• Riga County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Riga county^[19].
• Riga County's population is recorded as {'amount': '+396101'}^[20].
• Riga County's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Riga County's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Riga County's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000153533^[23].
• Riga County's category for people born here is recorded as Category:People from Riga county^[24].
• Riga County's category for people who died here is recorded as Q97416897^[25].
• Riga County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21074767', 'amount': '+5468.4'}^[26].
• Riga County's category for maps or plans is recorded as Category:Maps of Kreis Riga^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Russian Empire^[9], an empire^[28], in Russian Empire^[29], founded in 1721^[30] and Latvia^[10], a sovereign state^[31], in Latvia^[32], founded in 1918^[33], headquartered in Riga^[34]. Located in include Duchy of Livonia^[3], a historical country^[35], in Grand Duchy of Lithuania^[36], founded in 1561^[37]; Swedish Livonia^[4], a dominion of Sweden^[38], in Sweden^[39], founded in 1629^[40]; Riga governorate^[5], a governorate^[41], in Russian Empire^[42], founded in 1713^[43]; Riga Viceroyalty^[6], a viceroyalty of the Russian Empire^[44], in Russian Empire^[45], founded in 1783^[46]; Livonia Governorate^[7], a governorate^[47], in Russian Empire^[48], founded in 1796^[49]; and Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic^[8], a republic of the Soviet Union^[50], in Soviet Union^[51], founded in 1940^[52].

Physical Characteristics

Riga County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21074767', 'amount': '+5468.4'}^[26]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+396101'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include uezd of the Russian Empire^[11] and county of Latvia^[12].

History and Context

+1566-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Riga County^[16].

Why It Matters

Riga County ranks in the top 3% of uezd_of_the_russian_empire entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[53] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[54]