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Latvia
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57° N / 25° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Riga
- Population
- 1,866,124 2024
- Area
- 64,559 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Latvian
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Latvia
Latvia (Latvian: Latvija) is one of the three Baltic states in Europe. The biggest travel destination in the country is the capital Riga, whose Old Town is a World Heritage Site. There are many other great places to see, both urban and rural. Latvia's unspoilt sea coast is a 500-km-long unique biome, mainly consisting of empty beaches, white soft sand, and dunes covered with pine trees.
Food & everyday culture
Latvian cuisine is typical of the Baltic region and, in general, of northern countries, and especially similar to Finnish cuisine (see Nordic cuisine). It's high in butter and fat while staying low on spices except for black pepper, dill or grains/seeds, such as caraway seeds.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-28. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
A few more connections
- Highest point source-listed
- Gaiziņkalns Wikidata record ↗
Cited reference ↗
Wikidata, CC0 1.0. Source-matched, not independently certified. Observation year unavailable; retrieved 2026-09-27.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Northern Europe
- Calling code
- +371
- Internet domain
- .lv
- Land border codes
- BLR, EST, LTU, RUS
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .lv. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.