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Name
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Latvijas Republika
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Capital
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Riga
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Time
(Winter/Summer)
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EET (UTC+2)/
EEST (UTC+3)
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Area, sq km
(total/land/water)
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64,589/
63,589/
1,000
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Languages
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Latvian 58.2%;
Russian 37.5%;
other 4.3%
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Major cities
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Riga 735,241;
Daugavpils 111,231;
Liepaja 86,476;
Jelgava 66,088;
Jurmala 55,452;
Ventspils 44,130
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Population
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2,259,810
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Birth/Death rate,
per thousand
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9.43/
13.64
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Dialing Code
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+371
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Telephones
(landlines/mobiles)
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731,000/
1.872 million
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Domain extension
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.lv
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Internet
(hosts/users)
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65,858/
1.03 million
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Currency
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Latvian lat (LVL)
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GDP
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$16.5 billion
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Unemployment
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6.5%
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Inflation
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6.8%
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