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Latvia
1931 Silver 5 Lati 36mm (18.20 grams) 0.835
Silver (0.6711 oz. ASW)
Reference: KM# 9
LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA Maiden’s
head facing right in stylized folk costume, including headdress, with ears
of grain over her shoulder.
PIECI 5 LATI, Latvian coat of arms with
supporters above denomination and year.
Edge Lettering: DIEVS ✶✶✶ SVĒTĪ
✶✶✶ LATVIJU ✶✶✶
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Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian:
Latvijas Republika), is a country in the
Baltic region of Northern Europe , one
of the three Baltic states . It is bordered by
Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the
south, Russia to the east, and
Belarus to the southeast, as well as a maritime
border to the west alongside Sweden .
Latvia has 2,070,371 inhabitants and a territory of 64,589 km2
(24,938 sq mi). The country has a temperate seasonal
climate .
Latvia is a democratic parliamentary republic
established in 1918. The capital city is Riga
, the European Capital of Culture 2014 .
Latvian is the official language. Latvia is a
unitary state , divided into 118 administrative
divisions , of which 109 are municipalities and 9 are cities.
Latvians and Livs are the indigenous people of
Latvia. Latvian is an
Indo-European language ; it and Lithuanian
are the only two surviving Baltic languages .
Despite foreign rule from the 13th to 20th centuries, the Latvian
nation maintained its identity throughout the generations via the
language and musical traditions. Latvia and Estonia share a long
common history . As a consequence of the Soviet
occupation , both countries are home to a large number of
ethnic Russians (26.9% in Latvia and
25.5% in Estonia ), some of whom are
non-citizens . Latvia is historically predominantly
Protestant Lutheran , except for the
Latgale region in the southeast, which has historically been
predominantly Roman Catholic . The Russian
population has also brought a significant portion of
Eastern Orthodox Christians.
The Republic of Latvia was founded
on 18 November 1918. However, its de facto independence was
interrupted at the outset of World War II . In
1940, the country was forcibly incorporated
into the Soviet Union ,
invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941, and
re-occupied by the Soviets in 1944 to form the
Latvian SSR for the next fifty years. The peaceful
Singing Revolution , starting in 1987, called for Baltic
emancipation of Soviet rule. It ended with the
Declaration on the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of
Latvia on 4 May 1990, and restoring de facto
independence on 21 August 1991.
Latvia is a democratic and
developed country and member of the European Union
, NATO, the Council of
Europe , the United Nations ,
CBSS , the IMF ,
NB8, NIB , OSCE
and WTO . Latvia was invited to join the
OECD in 2016. For 2014, Latvia was listed 46th on the
Human Development Index and as a high income
country on 1 July 2014. It used the Latvian
lats as its currency until it was replaced by the
euro on 1 January 2014.
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