Latvie
The Republic o Latvie (Latvie: Latvijas Republika, Livonian: Leţmō Vabāmō), for ordinar kent as Latvie juist, or whiles Lettland, is a kintra in nor-aestren Europe.
Republic o Latvie Latvijas Republika (Latvie) | |
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![Location o Latvie (dark green) – on the European continent (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green) — [Legend]](/wiki/sco/File:EU-Latvia.svg) Location o Latvie (dark green) – on the European continent (green & dark grey) | |
| Caipital and largest city | Riga 56°57′N 24°6′E / 56.950°N 24.100°E |
| Offeecial leids | Latviea |
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| Demonym(s) | Latvian |
| Govrenment | Unitar pairlamentar constitutional republic |
• Preses | Egils Levits |
• Prime Meenister | Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš |
• Speaker o the Saeima | Ināra Mūrniece |
| Legislatur | Saeima |
| Unthirldom | |
• Declaredb | 18 November 1918 |
• Recognised | 26 January 1921 |
• Soviet occupation | 5 August 1940 |
• Nazi German occupation | 10 Julie 1941 |
• Soviet re-occupation | 1944 |
• Annoonced unthirldom | 4 May 1990 |
| 21 August 1991 | |
• Unthirldom recognised bi the Soviet Union | 6 September 1991 |
• Admittit tae the Unitit Naitions | 17 September 1991 |
• Jyned the European Union | 1 Mey 2004 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 64,589 km2 (24,938 sq mi) (122nd) |
• Water (%) | 1.57% (1,014 km2) |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 1,953,200 (148th) |
• 2011 census | 2,070,371 |
• Density | 34.3/km2 (88.8/sq mi) (166th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $53.467 billion |
• Per capita | $28,999 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Tot | $30.176 billion |
• Per capita | $17,241 |
| Gini (2016) | 34.5 medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.830verra heich · 44t |
| Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +371 |
| ISO 3166 code | LV |
| Internet TLD | .lvc |
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Ane o the three Baltic States alang the Baltic Sea, it mairches ontae Estonie tae the north, Roushie tae the east, Belaroushie tae the sooth-east, an Lithuanie tae the sooth.
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