Zolitūde
Sign in to savethumb|right|Zolitūde train station thumb|right|Abandoned playground on Paula Lejiņa Street Zolitūde () is mainly an apartment house neighbourhood (or microdistrict) located in the western part of Riga, the capital of Latvia. Zolitūde is a centrally planned estate, consisting mostly of prefabricated concrete block Brutalist style homes built in late Soviet times. Construction started in 1984, and was mostly halted in 1991, when Latvia gained independence from the USSR. Large parts of the population, as in similar neighbourhoods of Riga, are Russian speaking. Zolitūde had been a mixture of counc
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zolitūde
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Neighborhood of Riga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Biezina - east.JPG
- Settlement.image_size
- 220px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aleksandra Bieziņa Street in Zolitūde
- Settlement.image_map
- Zolitude karte.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Zolitūde 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
- Zemgale Suburb
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2.888
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 16,337
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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thumb|right|Zolitūde train station thumb|right|Abandoned playground on Paula Lejiņa Street Zolitūde () is mainly an apartment house neighbourhood (or microdistrict) located in the western part of Riga, the capital of Latvia. Zolitūde is a centrally planned estate, consisting mostly of prefabricated concrete block Brutalist style homes built in late Soviet times. Construction started in 1984, and was mostly halted in 1991, when Latvia gained independence from the USSR. Large parts of the population, as in similar neighbourhoods of Riga, are Russian speaking. Zolitūde had been a mixture of council housing and co-operative flats, but many properties have been privatised since the fall of the Soviet Union.
==History == In 1991, Latvia regained independence from the USSR, and due to the end of financing from Moscow most of the state-funded construction projects were halted. Few new homes were built until after Latvia joined the EU in 2004, but construction halted again due to the Great Recession.