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The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. [1] [2] [3] Unlike the "Baltic states", the Baltic region includes all countries that border the sea.
This is a list of the regions of the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by Human Development Index as of 2022. [1] ... Pierīga Region Latvia: 0.898 5
Latvia (/ ˈ l æ t v i ə / ⓘ LAT-vee-ə, sometimes / ˈ l ɑː t v i ə / LAHT-vee-ə; Latvian: Latvija ⓘ), [14] officially the Republic of Latvia, [15] [16] is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south.
The Baltic states [a] or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO , the European Union , the Eurozone , Council of Europe , and the OECD .
Latvia's only distinct border is the Baltic Sea coast, which extends for 496 kilometers. [3] Its neighbors include Lithuania on the south (453 kilometers of common border), Estonia on the north (267 kilometers), Russia on the east (217 kilometers), and Belarus on the southeast (141 kilometers). [ 3 ]
Kurzeme Planning Region Latvia: 3.76 13,600 2022 10 Vidzeme Planning Region Latvia: 3.29 11,900 2022 11 Zemgale Planning Region Latvia: 2.90 12,900 2022 12 Ida-Viru County Estonia: 2.62 19,700 2023 13 Latgale Planning Region Latvia: 2.40 9,700 2022 14 Telšiai County Lithuania: 2.29 17,700 2023 15 Marijampolė County Lithuania: 1.99 14,800 2023 16
Baltic Germans (German: Deutsch-Balten or Deutschbalten, later Baltendeutsche) are ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their resettlement in 1945 after the end of World War II, Baltic Germans have markedly declined as a geographically determined ethnic group in the ...
The Baltic sea urban areas seen from space. Spit of Vasilyevsky Island, in Saint Petersburg, Russia Riddarholmen in Stockholm, Sweden House of the Blackheads (Riga), Latvia Gdańsk, Poland Szczecin, Poland Marina in Gdynia, Poland Klaipėda, Lithuania Świnoujście is a famous resort Darłowo, Poland Ystad, Sweden The medieval Turku Castle, Turku, Finland Lighthouse in Kołobrzeg, Poland ...