- Officially republic of Latvia, country of the northeast of Europe, being a part of Baltic States, lined in the North by the bay of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea and Estonia, in the East by Russia, in the South by Byelorussia and Lithuania, and on the West by the Baltic Sea. Ancient soviet socialist republic within the framework of the USSR, Latvia is independent since 1991. The surface is about 64 500 km2. Riga, the capital and the most important city, is also the main port of the country.
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