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Overview - Latvia 
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- Capital:
- Riga
- Area:
- 64,589 km²
- Population:
- 2,274,735 (2006 estimate)
- Language(s):
- Latvian (official) - 58.2%, Russian - 37.5%, Lithuanian and others - 4.3%.
- Religion(s):
- Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox.
- Ethnic Group(s):
- Latvian - 57.7%, Russian - 29.6%, Belarusian - 4.1%, Ukrainian - 2.7%, Polish - 2.5%, Lithuanian - 1.4%, others - 2%.
