Ogre District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Ogre District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Latvia |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1,843 |
Population Total: | 63,027 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Website: | ogre.lv/ |
Native Name: | Ogres rajons |
The Ogre District (Latvian: Ogres rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in the Semigallia and Vidzeme regions, in the country's centre. It was situated about 37 km east of the capital Riga. The principal city was Ogre with around 30 000 inhabitants.
Historically a part of Riga District, it was split off during the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1947 and then introduced as a rajons in 1949. Districts were eliminated during the Latvian administrative-territorial reform in 2009.