{"id":27633,"count":2,"description":"Riga (Latvian: R\u012bga, pronounced\u00a0[ri\u02d0\u0261a]\u00a0( listen)) is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants (July 2011) Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial, cultural and financial centre of the Baltic Sea region. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the river Daugava. Riga's territory covers 307.17\u00a0km (118.60\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) and lies between 1 and 10 metres (3.3 and 33 ft) above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain.\nRiga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau\/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture.. The city will be the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Ume\u00e5 in Sweden. The city hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 and the 2006...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/riga\/","name":"Riga","slug":"riga","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/27633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=27633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}