Latvia By:jane sheng 2011-10-28

Location The latitude and longitude: 56° 52' N / 24° 36' E The Lativa capital is Riga, and the latitude and longitude is 56° 56' N, 24° 6' E The country is bordered by Estonia, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia, and by the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Riga.

Environment Latvia is a a beautiful country. There is green land, clean air, water and soil. Many tourists and many environmental experts say Latvia is a huge nature park.

Place Great and Small Guild Halls The Riga Castle It was built 14th century It was built in 1330.

Regions North-east of Europe and south of Estonia West of Russia and north of Belarus and Lithuania The Baltic sea lies west of latvia

Area The land area is 24,034 sq miles (62,249 sq km)   The water area is 903 sq miles (2,340 sq km)  And the total is 24,938 sq miles (64,589 sq km)

President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga was the 6th president of the Latvia, she is the first female president of the Latvia and the first female leader in the Eastern Europe.

Religion Lutheran 19.6% Orthodox 15.3% Christian 1% Other 0.4% Unspecified 63.7%

Language They official language is Latvian, it about 58.2% people to speak, Russian is about 37.5% people to speak, Lithuanlan and other is 4.3% peope to speak. Now, all school students learn Latvian, but most schools also include English and either German or Russian.

Food In Latvia, the food including Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern, and other international tastes. Grey peas and ham are Latvians people every day want to eat. Popular alcoholic beverages are beer, vodka and balzam.

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