Latvia
Lettland
Latvia is in Europe. Here you’ll find flag, capital and neighbours to learn.
Borders: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia
- Capital
- Riga
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Nordeuropa
- Area
- 64,559 km²
- Population
- 1,847,785
- Language
- Latvian
Did you know?
- Culture
Riga holds the world’s largest contiguous collection of Art Nouveau architecture.
- Nature
More than half of Latvia is covered by forest.
- History
Riga claims that the first decorated Christmas tree was erected there in 1510 — Tallinn disputes that.
- Oddities
Latvia has significantly more women than men — one of the world’s strongest gender imbalances.