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    Description & Facts: Riga is located on the site of an ancient settlement of the Livonians, an ancient Finnic tribe, at the junction of the Daugava and the Riga River, at one point forming a natural harbor called the Riga Lake, neither of which exist today. It is believed that the name of the river gave Riga its name.The modern founding of Riga is regarded by historians to have begun with the arrival of German traders, mercenaries and religious crusaders in the second half of the 12th century, attracted by a sparsely populated region, potential new markets and by the missionary opportunities to convert the local population to Christianity. German merchants established an outpost for trading with the Balts near the Liv settlement at Riga in 1158. The Augustinian monk Meinhard built a monastery there ca. 1190.
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Description: Latvia (Latvija) is a European state which is situated on the coast of Baltic Sea. One of the three ...  More

Capital: Riga
Currency: Latvian lat (LVL)
Government: parliamentary democracy
Population: 2,223,000 (October 2009 est.)
Religion: Lutheran, Catholic, Muslim, Russian Orthodox, Jewish
Time zone: UTC+2


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