Info about Latvia

Latvia borders Estonia on the north, Lithuania in the south, the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Riga in the west, Russia in the east, and Belarus in the southeast. Latvia is largely a fertile lowland with numerous lakes and hills to the east.

Capital
Riga - 733 000 people
all city from Latvia

Country lead by
President: Vaira Vike-Freiberga (1999)
Prime Minister: Aigars Kalvitis (2004)

Population
2,274,735 (growth rate: –0.7%); birth rate: 9.2/1000; infant mortality rate: 9.3/1000; life expectancy: 71.3; density per sq mi: 91

Land Area
24,552 sq mi (63,589 sq km); total area: 24,938 sq mi (64,589 sq km)

Monetary unit
Lats

Language
Latvian 58% (official), Russian 38%, Lithuanian, other (2000)

Ethnicity
Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belorussian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002)

Religion
Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox

Transportation
Railways: total: 2,347 km (2002). Highways: total: 73,202 km; paved: 28,256 km; unpaved: 44,946 km (2000). Waterways: 300 km perennially navigable. Ports and harbors: Liepaja, Riga, Ventspils. Airports: 38 (2002).

Internet tld
.lv

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