Official name: Republic of Latvia
Also known as: Latvijas Republika (Latvian), Latvejas Republika (Latgalian), Lețmō Vabāmō (Livonian)
Capital of Latvia:
RigaArea of Latvia: 64,589 km² (24,938 mi²) (
124nd)
Population of Latvia: 1,871,871 (
151th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Northern Europe
Languages of Latvia: Latvian,
Russian Religions of Latvia: 64%
Christianity [36%
Lutheranism, 17%
Catholicism, 9%
Orthodoxy, 2% other
Christian], 35%
no religion, 1%
others - (2018 est.)
Currency:
Euro (
€) (
EUR)
Time zone:
UTC+02:00 (
EETEastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer.), Summer (
DSTDaylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in spring or late winter, and to set clocks back by one hour to standard time in the autumn (or fall in North American English, hence the mnemonic: 'spring forward and fall back').)
UTC+03:00 (
EESTEastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes it the same as Arabia Standard Time, East Africa Time, and Moscow Time. During the winter periods, Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) is used.)
Calling code: (
+371)
Organizations: United Nations, European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Border countries (4):
Belarus 171 km (106 mi),
Estonia 343 km (213 mi),
Lithuania 576 km (358 mi),
Russia 292 km (181 mi).
Coastline: 498 km (309 mi)
Maritime boundaries: Baltic Sea
Administrative divisions (36) municipalities (novadi, singular - novads)
and 7 state cities (valstpilsetu pasvaldibas, singular valstspilsetas pasvaldiba):
Municipalities: Adazi, Aizkraukle, Aluksne, Augsdaugava, Balvi, Bauska, Cesis, Dienvidkurzeme, Dobele, Gulbene, Jekabpils, Jelgava, Kekava, Kraslava, Kuldiga, Limbazi, Livani, Ludza, Madona, Marupe, Ogre, Olaine, Preili, Rezekne, Ropazi, Salaspils, Saldus, Saulkrasti, Sigulda, Smiltene, Talsi, Tukums, Valka, Valmiera, Varaklani, Ventspils
Cities: Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jurmala, Liepaja, Rezekne, Riga, Ventspils
Natural resources: peat, limestone,
dolomite, amber, hydropower, timber, arable land