Make a budget for how much online will cost the reservation your next car rental in Latvia. To begin select the city, airport, train station or tourist destination in Latvia where you want to rent a car and then selects the place where you plan to return the car, then fill in the dates on which you have to use the car.
Area: 64,589 sq km (24,938 sq miles). Population: 2.3 million (UN, 2005). Population Density: 35.6 per sq km. Capital: Riga. Population: 739,232 (2003). Government: Republic. Gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Latvia is situated on the Baltic coast and borders Estonia in thenorth, Lithuania in the south, the Russian Federation in the east andBelarus in the southeast. The coastal plain is mostly flat but, inlandto the east, the land is hilly with forests and lakes. There are about12,000 rivers in Latvia, the biggest being the River Daugava. The portsof Riga, Liepaja and Ventspils often freeze over during the winter. Language: Latvian is the officiallanguage. It is an Indo-European, non-Slavic and non-Germanic languageand is similar only to Lithuanian. Russian is the mother tongue of over30 per cent of the population and is understood by most people. Englishand German may also be understood. Religion: Predominantly Protestant(Lutheran) with 19 per cent of the population being Roman Catholic.There is also a Russian Orthodox minority. Time: GMT + 2. (GMT + 3 from last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October.) Social Conventions: Handshaking iscustomary. Normal courtesies should be observed. The Latvians aresomewhat reserved and formal, but nevertheless very hospitable. Theyare proud of their culture and visitors should take care to respectthis sense of national identity. Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz. European-style two-pin plugs are in use.
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