LatviaDid you know?
- •More than half of Latvia is covered with forests, meadows, wetlands, and other semi-natural landscapes.
- •Riga is famous for its Art Nouveau heritage and is often treated as one of Europe's great Art Nouveau cities.
- •Latvia is the middle Baltic state, between Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south.
Key Information
Capital
Riga
Population
1,8 million
Area
64,559 km²
GDP
52,2 billion $
Currency
EUR
Difficulty on MapGuesser
Medium
Subregion
Northern Europe
Calling code
+371
MapGuesser Tip
Latvia is the central Baltic country on the Baltic Sea, just north of Lithuania and south of Estonia.
Official Languages
Latvian
Flag Colors
rougeblanc
Flag History
The national flag of Latvia is a triband featuring two wide horizontal stripes of red at the top and bottom, separated by a twice narrower white centre stripe. It was used as the national flag after Latvia became an independent country in 1918. After the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Latvia in 1940, its use was suppressed by the Soviet government. On 27 February 1990, shortly before Latvia regained independence, the government re-adopted the traditional red-white-red flag.
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