Ryki [ˈrɨkʲi] is a town in eastern Poland along National Road number 17, between Warsaw and Lublin. It has 9,767 inhabitants (as of 2007). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999). It is the capital of Ryki County. Ryki belongs to Lesser Poland, and historically is part of Ziemia Stężycka (The Land of Stężyca, an ancient county, the only part of historic Sandomierz Voivodeship which was located on the right bank of the Vistula river). The town lies in northwestern corner of Lublin Voivodeship. The distance to the Polish capital is 100 km, the distance to Lublin - 64 km. Its name first appears in documents in 1439 as Riki.