Bolderāja
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Bolderāja is a neighbourhood of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is located on the left bank of the Daugava River, in Kurzeme District. Bolderāja probably began as a fishing village. The area has been inhabited since at least the 10th century and possibly for a longer period, however there is no firm evidence because of variations in the course of the Daugava River and the shifting of sand dunes.
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Vinony's link graph records 145 inbound references to Bolderāja, and connects out to Kurzeme District, Latvia and Russian.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Geography articles needing translation from Latvian Wikipedia and Neighbourhoods in Riga.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bolderāja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Neighborhood of Riga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Raduga bol.jpg
- Settlement.image_size
- 220px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rainbow over Bolderāja
- Settlement.image_map
- Bolderaja karte.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Riga
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Latvia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Riga
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kurzemes rajons
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.329
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 14771
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Country
- Latvia
- Located in
- Kurzeme District
- Area
- 8.329
- Shares border with
- Kleisti
- Image
- Raduga bol.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bolderāja
- native label
- Bolderāja
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- postal code
- LV-1016
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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- External links
Bolderāja is a neighbourhood of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is located on the left bank of the Daugava River, in Kurzeme District. Bolderāja probably began as a fishing village. The area has been inhabited since at least the 10th century and possibly for a longer period, however there is no firm evidence because of variations in the course of the Daugava River and the shifting of sand dunes.
The area was made into a Polish customs post in 1606. The wooden houses built during the Polish era in 1603 may be the oldest in Riga.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bolderāja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations