Riga county

Riga County
  • Rīgas apriņķis
  • Kreis Riga
  • Рижскій уѣздъ
County
Coat of arms
Location within Latvia in 1940
Country
Russian GovernorateLivonia
Established1566
Abolished1949
CapitalRiga (extraterritorial)
Area
 • Total
6,113.10 km2 (2,360.28 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total
396,101
 • Density64.7954/km2 (167.819/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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