Latvia
www.local-web-sides-end-with .lv and also .com
63,700 kmΒ² (24,595 milesΒ²) -
2,515,000 people
Land boundaries1,150 km
Coastline531 km
Country Code +371
Latvijas Republika
Republic of Latvia
Independance from
USSR in 1991
briefly independant between the 2 World Wars
head of StatePresident
head of GovPrime Minister
national holiday:
Independance Day 18 Nov (1918)
economy
GNP $ 26,5 billion (2004)
GNP/person $ II,500 (2004)
home to 0 out of the 500
largest companies of the World
currencyLatvian Lat (LVL)
0.5420 LVL = I $ US (2004)
0.6065 LVL = I $ US (2000)
geography
Gaizinkalns 312 m
some phonecodes for Latvia:
Aizkraukle (+371 51) - Aloksne (+371
43) - Balvi (+371 45)
Bauska (+371 39) - Cesis (+371
41) - Dobele (+371 37)
Jelgava (+371 30) - Kuldiga
(+371 33) - Ludza (+371 57)
Ogre (+371 50) - Preili
(+371 53) - Rezeknz (+371 46) -
Riga (+371 7)
Tukums (+371 31) - Valka (+371
47)