About Latvia
Country Profile |  |
| OFFICIAL NAME: | Republic of Latvia |
| GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE: | Situated in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and by a maritime border to the west with Sweden. |
| PRESIDENT: | Andris Bērziņš |
| CLIMATE: | Typical European continental climate with warm, dry summers and fairly severe winters. |
| TIMEZONE: | UTC+2 |
| CAPITAL CITY: | Riga Other main cities are Daugavpils, Liepāja and Jelgava |
| POPULATION: | 2,041,763 |
| CURRENCY: | Euro (replaced Latvian Lat in January 2014) |
| LANGUAGE: | Official: Latvian |
| MAIN EXPORTS: | Wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, textiles, foodstuffs |