About Latvia

in #history7 years ago

Hello steemit !
I want to share a bit of the country were i live.

The main capital is Riga its the biggest states in the baltic region and has the most people living in it around
640 000

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Latvia currently devided into 110 municipalities as you can see in the picture

Riga,Jelgava,Valmiera and others...

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In Latvia around 1.93 million people are living.
62% - Latvians
27% - Russians
11% - Other

Religion

35% - Lutheranism
25% - Roman Catholicism
18% - Russian Orthodox

Lutheranism church

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Roman Catholicism church

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Russian Orthodox church

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This is little bit of information about my country.

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I love Lativa, It was the first stop on my last backpacking trip and i fell in love with Riga, also Kuldiga and Ventsplis were pretty nice!

here is a photo i took walking back towards the old town.
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Cant seem to find my favorite photos at the moment :(

Will make a post about sightseeing in lavia were other can check out when they visit

A warm welcome to you and I can assure you that you'll enjoy it here.

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