What country is lat?

Lat is the Republic of Latvia (Latvia), referred to as Latvia for short. It is a parliamentary republic in northeast Europe. The country name comes from Mandarin, which means "armor" and "metal clothing". Bordering the Baltic Sea in the west, Estonia in the north, and Lithuania in the south are called the Baltic countries. It is adjacent to Russia and Belarus in the east, with a total area of 64,589 square kilometers.

Latvia is a unified country, consisting of 109 municipalities and 9 municipalities directly under the central government. Latvians belong to the Baltic nation and are culturally close to Lithuanians. Latvian belongs to Indo-European language family, Latvian and Lithuanian are the only remaining languages in Baltic language family.

Extended information Latvia is located in the western part of the Eastern European plain, close to the east coast of the Baltic Sea, and gulf of riga is deep inland; Bordering Estonia, Russia, Belarus and Lithuania. It covers an area of 64,589 square kilometers, including land area of 62,046 square kilometers and internal water area of 2,543 square kilometers.

Latvia's topography is composed of plains, lowlands and low hills, three quarters of which are below 120m, and the highest point is 3 1 1m above sea level.

Latvian coastline is 307 kilometers long, and gulf of riga is deep inland. The whole territory is low and flat, with hills in the east and west. The total length of the border line is 184 1 km, of which the coastline is 496 km long. The average elevation is 87 meters, and the landform is hilly and plain, mainly composed of calcareous soil, and about half of it is cultivated land.

Latvia has a temperate broad-leaved forest climate. The annual precipitation is 550-800 mm, moist. In summer, the average temperature is 23℃ during the day, 1 1℃ at night, 2-3℃ below zero in coastal areas and 6-7℃ below zero in non-coastal areas. The average annual precipitation is 633mm. The humidity is high, and it will be rainy and snowy for about half a year.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Latvia

References:

People's Network-Latvia Country Profile