Top 10 Amazing Facts About Latvia
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1 Latvia it is a European country no duh and it's sandwiched right between Russia Lithuania Estonia and is what I sometimes refer to as the thumb and palm of the Baltic Sea and/or the Gulf of Riga within this country it has a land size of sixty four thousand five hundred nine kilometres square making it the 120 second largest country in the world on top of that it has a water percentage of one point seven seven percent which some of you may think is pretty darn low but actually it's pretty high compared to some other countries that's right and before I continue to talk more about land let's look at some other rather unique facts now within this great nation it has a noble population of 1 million at nine hundred twenty-five thousand people and this is where it gets interesting because that is just a 2008 tene estimate and one thing about Latvia.
2 Latvia compared to other countries that we've talked about in the past laughy is kind of a country that is decreasing in population the indicator for this is because in 2011 its census stated that they had at 2 million 70,000 371 people so why the decrease well there are a few reasons and yes migration is the big one but it's also somewhat natural this is due to a study from 2012 were they discovered that there was twenty point six births to every thousand people against twenty eight point seven deaths for every thousand also in 2013 it was recorded that twenty two thousand people left the country to seek other employment as a matter of fact it had a peak population of 2.7 million people in 1990 because of that it's considered one of the worst if not the worst population declines for any country within Europe coming in at around 18 point two percent another big factor to this is the fact that the wage is very low in Latvia.
3 Latvia and with borders being open because it's a country that is a part of the EU and easy accessibility of knowledge of life within other EU countries most young people pack up and leave for the grass being greener on the other side and for some people who do live there because the wages are so low they might not have as many kids as the previous generation would over although with a population and land size it has about thirty four point three people per square kilometre now let's move on to some more positive sides about Latvia.
4 Latvia I mean a decrease in population is not the only thing that's interesting about this country for example land and I absolutely love this fact because over fifty six percent of the country is considered covered in forests and some of these forests are so old that the Latvians honor their forests for example they have a fossilized oak that is so old it's over 3,500 years old and to give you an idea that is so old Tutankhamen was in charge of the Egyptians at that time but back to the force of the country is actually listed as the fifth highest portion of land covered in forests in the entire European Union.
5 European union coming in with an estimated three million four hundred and ninety-seven thousand hectares and because of its vast forests at least 30 thousand species of flora and fauna consider Latvia home and of course the touch on the honoring the forests sort of aspect here is one thing that blew me away with in Latvia there is seven hundred and six protected zones and these are for national parks one biosphere forty-two nature parks nine areas of protected landscapes 260 nature reserves for strict nature reserves 355 and nature monuments seven protected maritime areas and of course 24 micro reserves in total for land size it comes to around twelve thousand seven hundred and ninety kilometers square which is roughly twenty percent of all of Latvia.
6 Latvia is land and in 2012 the country was ranked second in the world for its environmental protection index as well the country is home to many endangered species like the black stork of the European wolf and the Eurasian beaver which is very rare in other countries but flourishes well within Latvia as much as I love all of these great nature reserves one downside is there's a lot of illegal logging that is happening within the country and it's actually quite a very serious issue most of the timber actually goes to neighbouring.
7 European nations but however remember how I was talking about water one thing that the country has is a lot of rivers it's estimated that within Latvia there's approximately 12,500 of them at least stretching over 38,000 kilometers square the largest of this is the gauja River which comes in at 452 kilometers and runs through the Latvian region Latvia is also home to the widest waterfall in all of Europe known as the Aventa Rapids obviously this changes with water level but it's anywhere between 817 to 886 feet wide on top of that it's also been a National Monument for the country as of 1997 now while we're on the topic of land let's just mention the fact that Latvia is actually a very flat country yeah that's right but within that the highest point within the country is the guising calm hill which comes in at 1022 feet and even though they've made it a ski hill it's considered the largest hill in all of the three Baltic states so here's one thing that I didn't know but I'm glad I know this now and I just love this fact because I love women and I'll tell you this right now did you know that Latvia.
8 Latvia has the most amount of models per capita of any country in the world that's right why because most Latvian women are generally tall and you need to have height to be a model also there are way more adult women in Latvia than males sure there are more males born but most males leave the country the country even states that there is about 8% more adult females than males it's also because there is a higher mortality rate with men due to drinking and driving although that's not the cases for everything either way there's a lot of beautiful woman in Latvia.
9 Latvia and I'm totally okay with that I'm booking my next trip now one major fact that I did miss for sure is the capital now for those who don't know it's known as Riga it's also the biggest city in the entire country with a metro population of 1 million 69 thousand eight hundred and seventy-one people which is over half the entire population of the entire country that is insane on top of that it's also one tenth of all of the Baltic States as population its city centre is considered a unesco world heritage sone and one major thing about riga is its architecture as its firstly the top city in the world with the most amount of wood structures coming in at around 4,000 and with that it also has the most amount of Art Nouveau buildings in all of Europe whoo so we're getting through quite a bit got a couple more let's talk about money now obviously with in Latvia they do use the euro but one thing that's really important when it comes to money is the GDP x' purchasing power parity which comes in at sixty point five zero nine billion with that the exports come in at twelve point four billion making it the 78th largest exporter in the world the biggest exports of this country are broadcasting equipment sawn wood with is kind of weird and is actually one of the largest exports and even hard liquor mm-hmm for imports however it comes in at sixteen point four billion these are cars broadcasting equipment refined petroleum hard liquor and of course packaged medicaments and I think to close it all off one of my favorite things about Latvia.
10 Latvia is its flag not many people know this but it is one of the oldest flags in the world as a matter of fact it dates back to twelve 79 AD it was mentioned in the rhymed Chronicle of Livonia as a red flag with a white stripe through it this actually remained pretty undiscovered until the 19th century by scholar Janice Greensburg and in 1870 the University of Tartu made it the ethnic flag of the Latvian students and it just caught on since then so there you go all you lovely viewers out there that as me looking at some of the great and amazing things about Latvia I just love this country I think it's really unique yes sure it does have a declining population but I don't make it a bad country at all now for some of you guys you might be from Latvia you guys may be like hey wait a minute you missed some facts feel free to leave it down there in the comment section below and how many people watch this and by the way.
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