Latvia

Key Facts About Latvia

• •Latvia's capital Riga has one of the largest collections of Art Nouveau architecture in the world.
• •Latvia is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia and Lithuania.
• •The Latvian language is one of the oldest living Indo-European languages.
• •Latvia regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 through a peaceful 'Singing Revolution'.
• •About 50% of the country is covered by forests, and it has over 12,000 rivers.

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