AREA ................................................
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64.589
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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2.306.306 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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35,7 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Riga
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Latvian lat (LVL)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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11653 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,594 (44th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Baltic Sea 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Gaizinkalns 312 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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21 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.lv
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+371
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