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Information about the Republic of Latvia
The Republic of Latvia (Latvia) is located in the Northeastern part of Europe, at Baltic Sea. Latvia borders with Russia, Belarus, Lithuania and Estonia.
The Latvian Republic is founded in 1918.
The general approximate area - 65 000 км2.
Approximate population - 2, 3 million.
Monetary unit - lat (LVL, Ls).
Official language - Latvian.
Wide spread foreign languages - Russian, English, German.
Ethnic structure: Latvians - 59.0 %, Russian - 28.3 %, Byelorussians - 3.7 %, Ukrainians - 2.5 %, Poles - 2.4 %, Lithuanians - 1.4 %, other nationality of 2.1 %.
Political system – democratic, parliamentary republic.
Capital - Riga.
Approximate population of Riga - 0,7 million.
The greatest cities - Riga, Daugavpils, Liepaja, Jelgava, Jurmala, Rezekne, Ventspils.
Economy branches - shipping, transit, finance, woodworking, food production, pharmaceutical and chemical industry, information technologies.
The greatest ports - Ventspils, Riga, Liepaja.
The greatest religious concessions - Lutheranism, Catholic and Orthodox Church.
Participation in the international organizations - the European Union, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization.
The main airport –"The International airport "Riga".
The special economic zone - Ventspils free port, Riga free port, Liepaja special economic zone, Rezekne special economic zone.
Universities of the state university type – University of Latvia, Riga Technical University, Riga Stradins University, Latvian University of Agriculture, Daugavpils University, Liepaja University.
Average prices of apartments for 1 м2 in Riga in June, 2009 - EUR 1400,-.
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