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.

euro (indirectly, via later French franc) → legalTenderIn → Latvia ⓘ

subject surface form: euro

Holodomor memorials → locatedIn → Latvia ⓘ

Riga Polytechnic Institute → locatedIn → Latvia ⓘ

Gulf of Riga → locatedOnCoastOf → Latvia ⓘ

Baltic Way → location → Latvia ⓘ

Baltic offensive (1944) → location → Latvia ⓘ

International Hockey League → location → Latvia ⓘ

Balto-Slavic languages → majorLanguageGroupOf → Latvia ⓘ

Daugava River → majorRiverOf → Latvia ⓘ

Sweden → maritimeBoundaryWith → Latvia ⓘ

HELCOM → member → Latvia ⓘ

Helsinki Commission → memberState → Latvia ⓘ

International Security Assistance Force → memberState → Latvia ⓘ

WHO Regional Office for Europe → memberStatesInclude → Latvia ⓘ

1st Baltic Front → operatedIn → Latvia ⓘ

TAV Airports (stakeholder) → operatesInCountry → Latvia ⓘ

subject surface form: TAV Airports

Multinational force in Iraq → participant → Latvia ⓘ

Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area → party → Latvia ⓘ

Helsinki Convention → party → Latvia ⓘ

Astrid Menks → placeOfBirth → Latvia ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Latvia ⓘ

Swedish Livonia → presentInCountry → Latvia ⓘ

Baltic Germans → primaryRegions → Latvia ⓘ

Democratic Republic of Georgia → recognizedBy → Latvia ⓘ

Belarusians → recognizedMinorityIn → Latvia ⓘ

Russian language → regionalOrMinorityLanguageIn → Latvia ⓘ

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

LV → represents → Latvia ⓘ

Latvia men's national ice hockey team → represents → Latvia ⓘ

Pope Pius XI → signedConcordatWith → Latvia ⓘ

Treaty of Riga → signedInCountry → Latvia ⓘ

Russians → significantMinorityIn → Latvia ⓘ

East Slavic languages → spokenIn → Latvia ⓘ

Lithuanian → spokenIn → Latvia ⓘ

Finnic languages → spokenInRegion → Latvia ⓘ

Governorate of Livonia → successor → Latvia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Latvia

Swedish Livonia → todayPartOf → Latvia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Latvia

Northern Europe → typicallyIncludesCountry → Latvia ⓘ

Euro → usedIn → Latvia ⓘ

EET → usedInCountry → Latvia ⓘ

Eastern European Time → usedInCountry → Latvia ⓘ

FET → usedInCountry → Latvia ⓘ

InterCity → usedInCountry → Latvia ⓘ

Северо-Западный федеральный округ → граница с государством → Latvia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Латвия