Republic of Latvia
The capital of Latvia is the city of Riga, and its official language is Latvian, while the system of government in Latvia is a parliamentary republic. Its area is approximately approximately 65 thousand square kilometers. The population in Latvia is approximately approximately two million two hundred thousand people. The Latvian flag is the euro and the Latvian lats.
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The Republic of Latvia is located on the European continent, as it is located in the northern part of the European continent. Latvia is surrounded by many countries, including Estonia to the north, the Russian Federation to the east, Lithuania to the south, and Belarus, which is located to the southeast. There is a maritime border between Sweden and Latvia.
Politics of the Republic of Latvia
The Republic of Latvia is a member of many different and diverse international organizations, including the Council of Europe, the European Union, the Security Organization, the World Trade Organization, NATO, and the International Monetary Fund, and it was one of the members of the League of Nations in the past. Latvia participates with Lithuania and Estonia in the intra-Baltic cooperation and in the Baltic-Nordic cooperation. Latvia is divided into 109 municipalities and 9 cities spread throughout the country.
Residents of the Republic of Latvia
The origins, nationalities, and religions of the population in the Republic of Latvia are diverse. The proportion of the original Latvian people is approximately approximately 60%, while the Russians constitute approximately 29% of the population of this country. As for the rest of the population, their origins are diverse. Latvia has residents from Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania, and this diversity In ethnography goes back to the times of the Soviet Union.
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The Latvian language is the official language of the country and is a language belonging to the Baltic languages. The Baltic languages are branch languages of the Indo-European language group, but they are neither a Slavic nor a Germanic language. The number of people who speak the Latvian language is approximately estimated at approximately one million four hundred thousand people, and those who speak this language who reside outside the Republic of Latvia are approximately estimated at approximately 150 thousand people.
Religions of the Republic of Latvia
The most widespread religion in Latvia is Christianity, and the most widespread Christian sects in Latvia are the sects affiliated with the Roman and Catholic Church, the sect affiliated with the Anglican Church, and the sect affiliated with the Orthodox Church. There is also, in addition to the wide spread of the Christian religion in Latvia, a Jewish presence and an Islamic presence, but these two religions exist and spread in very small and small proportions compared to the wide spread of the Christian religion.
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