Latvia

**Latvijas Republika**
**Jamhuri ya Latvia**
Bendera	Nembo
	Kaulimbiu ya taifa: Tēvzemei un Brīvībai; (Kilatvia: " Kwa taifa na uhuru ")
	Wimbo wa taifa: Dievs, svētī Latviju!; (Kilatvia: "Mungu ubariki Latvia!")
Mji mkuu	Riga; 56°57′ N 24°6′ E
Mji mkubwa nchini	Riga
Lugha rasmi	Kilatvia
Serikali Rais wa Latvia; Waziri Mkuu wa Latvia	Demokrasia; Egils Levits; Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš
Uhuru; Ilitangazwa (kutoka Urusi); Ilitambuliwa ; Ilitangazwa ; (mwanzo wa kuachana na; Umoja wa Kisovyeti) ; Ilikamilishwa	; 18 Novemba 1918 ; 26 Januari 1921 ; 4 Mei 1990 ; ; ; 6 Septemba 1991
Eneo; - Jumla; - Maji (%)	; 64,589 km² (ya 124); 1.5
Idadi ya watu; - Julai 2014 kadirio; - 2011 sensa; - Msongamano wa watu	; 1,973,700 (ya 148); 2,070,371; 34.3/km² (166)
Fedha	Euro (EUR)
Saa za eneo; - Kiangazi (DST)	EET (UTC+2); EEST (UTC+3)
Intaneti TLD	.lv 1
Kodi ya simu	+371 -

Latvia (kwa Kilatvia: Latvija au Latvijas Republika, kwa Kilivonia: Lețmō au Leţmō Vabāmō) ni nchi ya Kibalti katika Ulaya ya Kaskazini.

Imepakana na Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus na Urusi. Uswidi iko ng'ambo ya bahari ya Baltiki.

Mji mkuu ni Riga.

Latvia ni nchi mwanachama wa Umoja wa Ulaya tangu 1 Mei 2004.

Historia

Kwa muda mrefu Estonia ilikuwa chini ya Wajerumani, Wapolandi na Waswidi, halafu (1710) sehemu ya Dola la Urusi.

Katika miaka 1918-1940 ilikuwa jamhuri halafu miaka 1940-1991 mwanachama wa Umoja wa Kisovyeti.

Baada ya umoja huo wa majimbo 15 kusambaratika, Latvia ilijitangaza nchi huru tena.

Latvia ilijiunga na Umoja wa Ulaya baada ya azimio la Halmashauri Kuu ya Ulaya ya tarehe 13 Desemba 2002 iliyokutana Kopenhagen.

Katika kura ya maoni ya tarehe 20 Septemba 2003 ni 66.9% za Walatvia wote waliokubali azimio hilo.

Latvia iliingia rasmi katika Umoja wa Ulaya tarehe 1 Mei 2004 pamoja na nchi nyingine 9 za Ulaya mashariki.

Watu

Idadi ya watu inapungua, na sasa iko chini ya milioni 2.

Wakazi wengi ni Walatvia 61.6%, halafu Warusi 25.8%, Wabelarus 3,4%, Waukraina 2,3%, Wapolandi 2,1%, Walituania 1.2% na wengine 4.8%.

Lugha rasmi ni Kilatvia, ambayo ni mojawapo ya lugha za Kibalti. Wananchi walipiga kura ya kukataa Kirusi kama lugha rasmi ya pili.

Upande wa dini, wengi (78.5%) ni Wakristo wa madhehebu mbalimbali, ingawa 7% tu wanashiriki ibada mara kwa mara. Hasa ni Walutheri (34.2%), Wakatoliki (24.1%) na Waorthodoksi (19.4%). Asilimia 21.1 hawana dini yoyote.

Tazama pia

Orodha ya nchi kufuatana na wakazi

Marejeo

Latvia

Cimdiņa, Ausma; and Deniss Hanovs (eds.) (2011). Latvia and Latvians: A People and a State in Ideas, Images and Symbols. Rīga: Zinātne Publishers. ISBN 978-9984-808-83-3. {{cite book}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
Plakans, Andrejs (2010). The A to Z of Latvia. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7209-7.
Ģērmanis, Uldis (2007). The Latvian Saga. Rīga: Atēna. ISBN 978-9984-34-291-7.
Bleiere, Daina; and Ilgvars Butulis; Antonijs Zunda; Aivars Stranga; Inesis Feldmanis (2006). History of Latvia: the 20th century. Rīga: Jumava. ISBN 9984-38-038-6. OCLC 70240317.
Lumans, Valdis O. (2006). Latvia in World War II. Fordham University Press. ISBN 0-8232-2627-1.
Plakans, Andrejs (1998). Historical Dictionary of Latvia (tol. la 2nd). Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5515-1.
Plakans, Andrejs (1995). The Latvians: A Short History. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press / Stanford University. ISBN 978-0-8179-9302-3.
Dreifelds, Juris (1996). Latvia in Transition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55537-1.
Rutkis, Jānis (ed.) (1967). Latvia: Country & People. Stockholm: Latvian National Foundation. OCLC 457313. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
Arveds, Švābe (1949). The Story of Latvia: A Historical Survey. Stockholm: Latvian National Foundation. OCLC 2961684.
Turlajs, Jānis (2012). Latvijas vēstures atlants. Rīga: Karšu izdevniecība Jāņa sēta. ISBN 978-9984-07-614-0.

Nchi za Kibalti

Plakans, Andrejs (2011). A Concise History of the Baltic States. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54155-8.
Kasekamp, Andres (2010). A History of the Baltic States. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-01940-9.
Jacobsson, Bengt (2009). The European Union and the Baltic States: Changing forms of governance. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-48276-9.
Hiden, John; and Vahur Made; David J. Smith (2008). The Baltic Question during the Cold War. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-56934-7.
D'Amato, Giuseppe (2004). Travel to the Baltic Hansa – The European Union and its enlargement to the East (Book in Italian: Viaggio nell’Hansa baltica – L’Unione europea e l’allargamento ad Est). Milano: Greco&Greco editori. ISBN 88-7980-355-7. Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo 2011-05-16. Iliwekwa mnamo 2016-10-17. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
Lehti, Marko; and David J. Smith (eds.) (2003). Post-Cold War Identity Politics – Northern and Baltic Experiences. London/Portland: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0-7146-8351-5. {{cite book}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
Williams, Nicola; Debra Herrmann; Cathryn Kemp (2003). Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (tol. la 3rd). London: Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-74059-132-1.
Bojtár, Endre (1999). Forward to the Past – A Cultural History of the Baltic People. Budapest: Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-9116-42-9.
Smith, Graham (ed.) (1994). The Baltic States: The National Self-determination of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-12060-5. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
Lieven, Anatol (1994). The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Path to Independence (tol. la 2nd). New Haven/London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-05552-8.
Hiden, John; Patrick Salmon (1991). The Baltic Nations and Europe: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the Twentieth Century. London: Longman. ISBN 0-582-08246-3.

Mengineyo

Šleivyte, Janina (2010). Russia's European Agenda and the Baltic States. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-55400-8.
Commercio, Michele E. (2010). Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan: The Transformative Power of Informal Networks. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4221-8.

Viungo vya nje

Rīga Wiki Archived 6 Julai 2005 at the Wayback Machine.

Angalia mengine kuhusu Latvia kwenye miradi mingine ya Wikimedia:
	Fafanuzi za Kiingereza kutoka Wiktionary
	picha na media kutoka Commons
	misaada ya kujisomea kwa Kiingereza kutoka Wikiversity
	nukuu kutoka Wikiquote
	matini za ushuhuda na vyanzo kutoka Wikisource
	vitabu kutoka Wikibooks

Serikali

Taarifa za jumla

Latvia Online
European Union country profile
Britannica Online Encyclopedia
BBC News country profile
Latvia entry at The World Factbook
Latvia Archived 11 Oktoba 2008 at the Wayback Machine. from UCB Libraries GovPubs
Latvia katika Open Directory Project
Key Development Forecasts for Latvia from International Futures

Elimu na utamaduni

Latvian Cultural Canon
Latvian Culture Map Archived 21 Novemba 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
Latvian Culture Portal Archived 18 Januari 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
Latvian Community Archived 3 Februari 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
Livonian Culture Portal
State Agency of Cultural Heritage
National Library of Latvia Archived 1 Juni 2021 at the Wayback Machine.
Latvian Heritage
Latvian Music Information Centre

Utalii

Official Latvian Tourism Portal

Ramani

Wikimedia Atlas of Latvia

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