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在东欧平原西部，临波罗的海东岸，里加湾深入内陆；同爱沙尼亚、俄罗斯、白俄罗斯和立陶宛接壤。面积为6．4589万平方公里，其中陆地面积6．2046万平方公里，内水面积2543平方公里。人口268.7万（1990），约60％是拉脱维亚人，30％是俄罗斯人。首都里加。平原、低地和低矮丘陵相间，四分之三地区在海拔120米以下，最高点海拔311米。温带阔叶林气候。年降水量550-800毫米，较湿润。多湖沼。森林约占全国面积的三分之一以上。泥炭资源丰富。十八世纪并入帝俄。1919年独立。1940年再并入苏联，名拉脱维亚苏维埃社会主义共和国。成为苏联加盟共和国之一。1991年8月22日宣告独立，名拉脱维亚共和国。主要工业部门是机械制造（机车车辆、电机、精密机床、无线电）、木材加工、制药、纺织、食品加工。乳、肉畜牧业重要。饲料作物占播种面积的一半左右。农作物有黑麦、亚麻、甜菜等。

East European Plain in the west, the east coast of the Baltic Council, the Bay of Riga in-depth inland, with Estonia, Russia, Belarus and Lithuania border. An area of 6.4589 million sq km, of which land area of 6.2046 million square kilometers, with water area of 2,543 square kilometers. Population 2687000 (1990), about 60 percent of Latvia, 30 percent are Russians. The capital Riga. Plain, low hills and lowlands phase, three-quarters of areas at an altitude of 120 meters below the highest point of 311 meters above sea level. Broad-leaved forest temperate climate. 550-800 mm in precipitation, more humid. More lake. Forest area accounts for about one-third of the country. Peat is rich in resources. The 18th century into Russia. 1919 independence. 1940 re-incorporated into the Soviet Union, Soviet Socialist Republic of Latvia. Become one of the Soviet republics. August 22, 1991 declared independence from the Republic of Latvia. The industrial sector is mainly machinery manufacturing (