Ethnic minorities
| Name: | Latvia (Latvian Republic) |
| Local name (Latvian): | Latvija (Latvijas Republika) |
| Bordering countries: | Lithuania, Belorussia, Russia, Estonia |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 64.6 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 2 349 ths. |
| Capital: | Riga (Rīga) |
| Official language: | Latvian |