Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: Ogre ( population 26,573 in 2000 census ) is the principal town of Ogre District in Central Latvia , 36 km east of the capital Riga , situated at the confluence of the Daugava and Ogre rivers . It has been a town since 1928 .
Simplified: Ogre is a town in Latvia with town rights since 1929 .