Riga county

Riga County
  • Rīgas apriņķis
  • Kreis Riga
  • Рижскій уѣздъ
County
Coat of arms
Location in the Governorate of Livonia
Country
Russian GovernorateLivonia
Established1566
Abolished1949
CapitalRiga
Area
 • Total
6,113.10 km2 (2,360.28 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total
396,101
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)

Riga county (Latvian: Rīgas apriņķis, German: Kreis Riga, Russian: Рижскій уѣздъ, romanized: Rizhskiy uyezd) was a historic county of the Duchy of Livonia, the Governorate of Livonia, and the Republic of Latvia which was dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Latvian SSR in 1949.

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