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Name:
Latvia
(long form)
Republic of Latvia
Capital City:
Riga (706,413 pop.)
(1,098,523 metro)
Latvia Population:
(
2010 est.
)
World Populations
(all countries)
Currency:
Latvian Lats
(conversion rates)
20 Lats
Ethnicity:
Latvian 59.3%, Russian 27.8%, Belarusian 3.6%, Ukrainian 2.5%, Polish 2.4%, Lithuanian 1.3%, other 3.1%
GDP total:
$32.2 billion (
2010 est.
)
GDP per capita:
$14,300 (
2010 est.
)
Land Sizes
Language:
Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3%
Largest Cities:
(
by population
) Riga, Daugavpils
Name:
Latvia is derived from Latgale (originally Lettigalli), with "Let-" meaning
pour
, and "-gale" meaning
land
.
National Day:
November 18
Religion:
Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7%
Symbols
A bar in Old Town Riga, Latvia
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