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
Latvian	1
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic	1
Латвия	1

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.

KHL Western Conference → countryAssociation → Latvia ⓘ

Gotland Basin → countryBorder → Latvia ⓘ

Gulf of Riga → countryBorder → Latvia ⓘ

Baltic Way → countryInvolved → Latvia ⓘ

Eastern European Summer Time → countryObservedIn → Latvia ⓘ

Soviet occupation of the Baltic states → countryOccupied → Latvia ⓘ

Mark Rothko → countryOfBirth → Latvia ⓘ

Mikhail Baryshnikov → countryOfBirth → Latvia ⓘ

Morris Halle → countryOfBirth → Latvia ⓘ

Andris Nelsons → countryOfCitizenship → Latvia ⓘ

Gunnar Birkerts → countryOfCitizenship → Latvia ⓘ

Morris Halle → countryOfCitizenship → Latvia ⓘ

Oleg Znarok → countryOfCitizenship → Latvia ⓘ

Armistice Day → countryOfOrigin → Latvia ⓘ

Baltic Air Policing → countryServed → Latvia ⓘ

Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation → countryServed → Latvia ⓘ

dissolution of the Soviet Union → countrySucceededBy → Latvia ⓘ

Latvia → demonym → Latvia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latvian

Belarusians → diasporaIn → Latvia ⓘ

Lithuanians → ethnicMinorityIn → Latvia ⓘ

Daugava River → flowsThrough → Latvia ⓘ

Lielupe → flowsThroughCountry → Latvia ⓘ

Riga City Hall → hasAddressCountry → Latvia ⓘ

European American → hasAncestralOrigin → Latvia ⓘ

Baltic Sea coast region → hasCoastlineIn → Latvia ⓘ

Eastern Europe → hasCountry → Latvia ⓘ

Embassy of Latvia in Washington, D.C. → hasCountryRepresented → Latvia ⓘ

Baltic states → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

Eurocontrol → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

European Space Agency → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

European Stability Mechanism → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

European Union → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

Member States of the European Union → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Latvia

NATO → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

North Atlantic Council → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

OECD → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe → hasMember → Latvia ⓘ

Eurozone → hasMemberState → Latvia ⓘ

Schengen Area → hasPart → Latvia ⓘ

KFOR mission in Kosovo → hasParticipant → Latvia ⓘ

Gaiziņkalns → highestPointOf → Latvia ⓘ

Council of Europe member states → include → Latvia ⓘ

European Union customs union → includes → Latvia ⓘ

Member States of the United Nations → includes → Latvia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Latvia

European inland shipping network → includesCountry → Latvia ⓘ

Uralic languages → isSpokenIn → Latvia ⓘ

Riga → largestCityOf → Latvia ⓘ

Eurozone → legalTenderIn → Latvia ⓘ