Latvia (NC)


 * +Latvijas Republika
 * Area || 71,675 km²
 * Population Density As of || 13,451,043 187.7/km² 2005 AD
 * Capital Biggest city || Riga Riga
 * Currency || Latvian lats (LVL)
 * GDP per capita as of 2005 || 17,948 LVL 17,564 GB£
 * Official language || Latvian
 * Other languages || Russian, Livonian, Curonian
 * Government President Prime minister || Parliamentary democracy Valdis Zatlers Valdis Dombrovskis
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 * GDP per capita as of 2005 || 17,948 LVL 17,564 GB£
 * Official language || Latvian
 * Other languages || Russian, Livonian, Curonian
 * Government President Prime minister || Parliamentary democracy Valdis Zatlers Valdis Dombrovskis
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 * Government President Prime minister || Parliamentary democracy Valdis Zatlers Valdis Dombrovskis
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Biggest cities
The populations are as of 2005.


 * Riga, inhabitants 1,924,983 (metro 5,049,392)
 * Daugavpils, inhabitants 754,093 (metro 1,830,036)
 * Liepāja, inhabitants 539,000 (metro 1,094,466)
 * Ventspils, inhabitants 431,000 (metro 886,012)
 * Jūrmala, inhabitants 428,000 (part of metropolitan Riga)
 * Salaspils, inhabitants 401,000 (part of metropolitan Riga)
 * Olaine, inhabitants 385,000 (part of metropolitan Riga)
 * Ķekava, inhabitants 369,000 (part of metropolitan Riga)
 * Rēzekne, inhabitants 350,000 (metro 749,000)
 * Garkalne, inhabitants 338,000 (part of metropolitan Riga)

Languages

 * Latvian 85.1%
 * Russian 9.9%
 * Livonian 1.5%
 * Curonian 1.4%
 * Lithuanian 1.0%
 * Ukrainian 0.3%
 * Swedish 0.2%
 * other 0.6%