{"id":355204,"date":"2026-02-02T16:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355204"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:10:18","slug":"key-facts-about-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> In Baltic nation of Latvia, the Latvian Environment and Meteorology Centre has reported that country recorded a temperature of -32 degrees Celsius recently.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Facts about Latvia<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355206\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-355206\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-Latvia.jpg?resize=364%2C256&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Key Facts about Latvia\" width=\"364\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-Latvia.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-Latvia.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Latvia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Latvia is a country in the <strong>Baltic region of northern Europe<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Boundaries: <\/strong>It is one of the <strong>three Baltic states<\/strong>, along with <strong>Estonia to the north<\/strong> and <strong>Lithuania to the south<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It borders <strong>Russia to the east<\/strong> and <strong>Belarus to the southeast<\/strong> and shares a <strong>maritime border with Sweden to the west<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Riga<\/strong> \u2013 the <strong>largest city in the Baltics.<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is famous for its <strong>stunning Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) architecture<\/strong> and a<strong> UNESCO World Heritage medieval Old Town<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Climate:<\/strong> Latvia has a <strong>temperate climate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Rivers:<\/strong> The <strong>longest river on Latvian territory<\/strong> is the <strong>Gauja (452 km)<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">The <strong>longest river flowing through Latvian territory<\/strong> is the <strong>Daugava<\/strong>, which has a <strong>total length of 1,005 km<\/strong> of which <strong>352 km is on Latvian territory.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Peaks:<\/strong> Latvia&#8217;s highest point is <strong>Gaizi\u0146kalns, 311.6 m (1,022 ft).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Coastlines:<\/strong> The length of Latvia&#8217;s <strong>Baltic coastline<\/strong> is <strong>494 km<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">An <strong>inlet of the Baltic Sea,<\/strong> the shallow <strong>Gulf of Riga<\/strong> is situated in the northwest of the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Political System:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>parliamentary republic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The head of state is the President, and the <strong>government is led by the Prime Minister<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Independence:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Latvia <strong>first<\/strong> declared independence in <strong>1918<\/strong>. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was forcibly incorporated into the <strong>Soviet Union from 1940-1941<\/strong> and <strong>1944-1991.<\/strong> <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It restored its <strong>independence in 1991<\/strong> after the &#8220;<strong>Singing Revolution<\/strong>&#8221; and the peaceful <strong>Baltic Way protest<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a member of:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Union<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eurozone<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NATO<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Council of Europe<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United Nations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Traditions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rich folklore, with over 1.2 million folk songs (Dainas), celebrating nature, life cycles, and mythology. Midsummer&#8217;s Eve (J\u0101\u0146i) is the most important annual celebration.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: In Baltic nation of Latvia, the Latvian Environment and Meteorology Centre has reported that country recorded a temperature of -32 degrees Celsius recently. Key Facts about Latvia Location: Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of northern Europe.\u00a0 Boundaries: It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-latvia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Key Facts about Latvia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-355204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}