| Riga region | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Latvia |
|---|---|
| Area | 9 270,7 km² |
| Population | 1 075 709 hab. |
| Density | 116,03 inhab./km² |
| Location | |
 57 ° 7 ′ 6 ″ N 24 ° 5 ′ 55 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Riga region is a region of Latvia, it is organized around the country's capital on the Baltic Sea coast. Besides the city of Riga, the most touristic destination in the country, we find in this region the seaside resort of Jurmala with its wooden houses by the sea and its many spas. Further west the town of Tukums is home to a city built in 2004 just for the shooting of a movie.
The region is also rich in natural sites. the kemeri national park which presents landscapes of forests and peat bogs. To the north, the Baltic beaches offer a unique landscape between forest and pine trees and the sea. Sigulda and its three castles is also the gateway to the Gauja National Park, the oldest in the country.
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Cities
- 1 Riga – the capital, its architecture traces more than 800 years of history
- 2 Jurmala – main seaside resort in the country, very popular with the Rigois in summer, once a destination for Russian apparatchiks
- 3 Sigulda – city with a rich heritage which is home to many castles and historic sites, gateway to Gauja National Park, it is the most popular destination for foreign tourists after Riga
- 4 Tukums – best known for the town of Cinevilla, a fictitious town built for the shooting of a film now transformed into a theme park on the cinema
