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Last reviewed: 29 December 2011 

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Area: 64,589 sq km
Population: 2.2m (2011)
Capital City: Riga (pop: 706 000 (2010))
People: 59.5% Latvian, 27.4% Russian, 13.1% other (2011)
Languages: Latvian (state language), Russian
Religion(s): Lutheran, Catholicism, Russian Orthodox
Currency: Lat
Major political parties: Governing coalition: Unity, Zatlers Reform Party , National Alliance  All for Latvia- For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK.
Government: Parliamentary Democracy
President: Mr Andris Bērzinš  (elected July 2011)
Prime Minister: Valdis Dombrovskis (since March 2009)
Foreign Minister: Edgars Rinkēvičs
Membership of numerous interational  groupings/ organisations including: Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), Council of Europe (COE), Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Union (EU), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Interpol, IOC, NATO, Organisation for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE), Partnership for Peace (PfP), United Nations (UN), WEU (associate partner), World Health Organisation (WHO), WIPO, WMO, World Trade Organisation (WTO)

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