Latvia

E17048
capital city country in Europe sovereign state

Latvia is a Baltic nation in Northern Europe known for its historic capital Riga, diverse cultural heritage, and membership in major international organizations such as the European Union and NATO.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Republic of Latvia 4
Riga 0
Gaiziņkalns 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
country in Europe ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
areaKm2 64500 ⓘ
callingCode +371 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Latvia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
currency Euro ⓘ
demonym Latvia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Latvian
drivesOn right ⓘ
elevationMeters 312 ⓘ
EUMemberSince 2004 ⓘ
formerCurrency Latvian lats ⓘ
formerPoliticalStatus Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Socialist Republic
governmentType parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasBorderWith Belarus ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
hasCapital Riga ⓘ
hasCoastOn Baltic Sea ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Daugava River ⓘ
surface form: Daugava

Gauja ⓘ
Lielupe ⓘ
Venta ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Latvia ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Latvia ⓘ
highestPoint Gaiziņkalns ⓘ
independenceDeclared 1918-11-18 ⓘ
independenceRestored 1991-08-21 ⓘ
internetTLD .lv ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 LV ⓘ
legislature Saeima ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic states ⓘ
surface form: Baltic region

Northern Europe ⓘ
memberOf Council of Europe ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
Eurozone ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

OECD ⓘ
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ
Schengen Area ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
World Trade Organization ⓘ
NATOMemberSince 2004 ⓘ
officialLanguage Latvian ⓘ
partOf Soviet Union ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
UNMemberSince 1991 ⓘ

Referenced by (144)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
16th Army → areaOfOperations → Latvia ⓘ
Baltic Sea → basinCountry → Latvia ⓘ
Daugava River → basinCountry → Latvia ⓘ
Dnieper → basinCountry → Latvia ⓘ
Gulf of Riga → basinCountry → Latvia ⓘ
Belarus → borderCountry → Latvia ⓘ
Estonia → borderCountry → Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania → borderCountry → Latvia ⓘ
Baltic Proper → borderedBy → Latvia ⓘ
Pskov Oblast → borders → Latvia ⓘ
Western Belarus → borders → Latvia ⓘ
Russia → bordersCountry → Latvia ⓘ
Riga → capitalOf → Latvia ⓘ
Daugava River → country → Latvia ⓘ
Gaiziņkalns → country → Latvia ⓘ
Latvian lats → country → Latvia ⓘ
Lielupe → country → Latvia ⓘ
Livonian language → country → Latvia ⓘ
Latvia → country → Latvia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Riga
Riga → country → Latvia ⓘ
Riga City Hall → country → Latvia ⓘ
Saeima → country → Latvia ⓘ
Venta → country → Latvia ⓘ