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