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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Lats
Currency Symbol: LVL
Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania
Geographic Coordinates: 57 00 N, 25 00 E
Map References: Europe
Area: total: 64,589 sq km ; land: 62,249 sq km ; water: 2,340 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly larger than West Virginia
Terrain: low plain
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m ; highest point: Gaizina Kalns 312 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 1,370 km ; border countries: Belarus 161 km, Estonia 333 km, Lithuania 544 km, Russia 332 km
Coastline: 498 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm ; continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Geography - Note: most of the country is composed of fertile low-lying plains with some hills in the east