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| Country |
Republic of Latvia |
| Capital |
Riga |
| Total Area |
24,937.95 sq mi
64,589.00 sq km |
| Population |
2,404,926 (July 2000 est.) |
| Est Pop in 2050 |
1,755,412 |
| Languages |
Lettish (official),
Lithuanian, Russian, other |
| Literacy |
100.0% total, 100.0% male,
100.0% female |
| Religions |
Lutheran, Roman Catholic,
Russian Orthodox |
| Life Expectancy |
62.48 male, 74.62 female
(2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
parliamentary democracy |
| Currency |
1 Latvian lat (LVL) = 100
santims |
| GDP (per capita) |
€4,200 (1999 est.) |
| Labor Force |
agriculture and forestry
16%, industry 41%, services 43% (1990) |
| Industry |
buses, vans, street and
railroad cars, synthetic fibers, agricultural machinery,
fertilizers, washing machines, radios, electronics, pharmaceuticals,
processed foods, textiles; dependent on imports for energy, raw
materials, and intermediate products |
| Agriculture |
grain, sugar beets,
potatoes, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish |
| Arable Land |
27% |
| Exports |
wood and wood products,
machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs |
| Imports |
machinery and equipment,
chemicals, fuels |
| Natural Resources |
minimal; amber, peat,
limestone, dolomite, hydropower, arable land |
| Environmental Issues |
air and water pollution
because of a lack of waste conversion equipment; Gulf of Riga and
Daugava River heavily polluted; contamination of soil and
groundwater with chemicals and petroleum products at military bases |
| Telephones (main) |
748,000 (1997) |
| Telephones (cell) |
175,348 (1999) |
| Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) |
11 (1999) |
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