{{Short description|Village and capital of Ropaži Municipality, Latvia}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Ulbroka | other_name = | settlement_type = Village | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_skyline = 12, вид на Улброку - panoramio.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = View of Ulbroka over the Lake of Ulbroka | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Latvia}} | subdivision_type1 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = Ropaži Municipality | established_title = | established_date = | pushpin_map = Latvia | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Latvia | coordinates = {{coord|56|56|N|24|17|E|region:LV_type:city|display=inline,title}} | nickname = | leader_title = | leader_name = | blank_name_sec1 = | blank_info_sec1 = | area_total_km2 = | area_footnotes = | area_water_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_total = {{wikidata|property|qualifier|best||P1082}} | population_metro = | population_as_of = {{#invoke:WikidataIB|formatDate|{{wikidata|qualifier|best|raw||P1082|P585}}|df=y}} | population_footnotes = {{wikidata|references|best||P1082}} | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_metro_km2 = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = LV-2130 | area_code_type = Calling code | area_code = +371 | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | webpage = }} '''Ulbroka''' is a large village in Stopiņi Parish, Ropaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is the administrative center of Ropaži Municipality and its Stopiņi Parish.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stopini.lv/public/31201.html |title=Stopiņu novads - Fakti |publisher=Stopiņi Municipality |language=lv |access-date=2010-09-28}}</ref> Ulbroka is currently the largest village in Latvia per population. The village is crossed by two first category roads Rīga-Ērgļi (P4) and Rīga-Ogre (P5).
In 2000 Ulbroka had 2,701 inhabitants, rising to 3,102 in 2021.
== Etymology == The name Ulbroka comes from the burgomaster of Riga Hinrich von Ulenbrock II in the second half of the 16th century. Von Ulenbrock built the Ulbroka manor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stopiņu vēsture {{!}} Ropažu novada pašvaldība |url=https://www.ropazi.lv/lv/stopinu-vesture |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=www.ropazi.lv |language=lv}}</ref>
== Geography == The village is located in the Central Latvian lowlands, near Riga.<ref name="LGA">Latvijas ģeogrāfijas atlants. "Jāņa sēta", 2020</ref> The river flowing through Ulbroka - Piķurga was artificially expanded, creating the Lake of Ulbroka, once excavated as a large pond of manor, and then a mill lake. The Dauguļupīte stream flows into Piķurga in the north of the village.
The average temperature is -6 °C in January and + 17 °C in July. Precipitation drops 700 mm per year.<ref name="LGA" />
== Economy == The largest company registered in Ulbroka in terms of turnover in 2020 was the manufacturer of wooden packaging SIA "Kronus".<ref>[https://www.lursoft.lv/lursoft_statistika/?&novads=100016784&id=391 Lursoft statistics]</ref>
Next to Ulbroka is a medium-wave radio station.
The Riga city buses (Nr. 51) run to Ulbroka.<ref>[https://saraksti.rigassatiksme.lv/index.html#bus/51/a-b Rīgas satiksme]</ref>
== Images == <gallery> File:Ulbrokas kapu kapliča 2.jpg|Cemetery chapel. File:5 - panoramio - alinco fan.jpg|Ulbroka radio station in 2006. File:Ulbrokas pils 2002-10-20 - panoramio.jpg|Ulbroka manor. File:Дома в Улброке - panoramio.jpg|Residential buildings. File:Ulbroka, 1905. g. revolūcijas piemineklis 2000-07-02 - panoramio.jpg|Monument to the Revolution of 1905. </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Villages in Vidzeme Category:Populated places in Ropaži Municipality Category:Riga county
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