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Latvia (Latvija) in other languages: exonyms, Riga and municipalities
Latvia is Latvija in Latvian, officially Latvijas Republika, the Republic of Latvia, and ISO 3166-1 codes it LV, LVA and 428. Below are its name in 180 languages and Riga in 74, the 36 municipalities and seven state cities of today, the 119 units of 2009 to 2021 and the anthem.
Official languagesLatvian (latviešu)
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ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric
- alpha-2
- LV
- alpha-3
- LVA
- numeric
- 428
Latvija
Latvian · Latin
Latvijas Republika
- English
- LatviaRepublic of Latvia
- Capital
- RīgaRīga · Riga
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Latvia in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Breton, Finnish, Kven, Igbo, Indonesian, Javanese, Norwegian, Novial, Swahili, Tok Pisin | eng / bre / fin / fkv / ibo / ind / jav / nor / nov / swa / tpi | Latvia | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Galician, Ladin, Malagasy, Romanian, Aromanian, Spanish, Albanian | arg / ast / eus / glg / lld / mlg / ron / rup / spa / sqi | Letonia | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Danish, Limburgish, Dutch | afr / dan / lim / nld | Letland | same as written |
| Italian, Latin, Romansh, Sicilian | ita / lat / roh / scn | Lettonia | same as written |
| Catalan, Occitan, Sardinian | cat / oci / srd | Letònia | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak | crh / gag / kaa | Latviya / Латвия | Latviya |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Lettland | same as written |
| Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish | fao / isl / swe | Lettland | same as written |
| Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian | lav / lit / slv | Latvija | same as written |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Lotyšsko | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian | dsb / hsb | Letiska | same as written |
| Estonian, Võro | est / vor | Läti | same as written |
| Haitian Creole, Lingala | hat / lin | Letoni | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Rundi | kin / run | Latviya | same as written |
| Aymara | aym | Lituña | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Latviya / Латвија | Latviya |
| Bambara | bam | Letɔni, Lɛtɔni | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Latvija / Латвија / لاتوٖىيا, Letonija / Летонија / لەتۉنٖىيا | Latvija, Letonija |
| Cornish | cor | Latvi | same as written |
| Kashubian | csb | Łotewskô | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Latfia | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Latvujo, Latvio | same as written |
| French | fra | Lettonie | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Lètonie | same as written |
| North Frisian | frr | Letlönj | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Letlân | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Letonie | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | An Laithbe, Laitbhia | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Laitvia, An Laitve, An Laitbhe / An Laitḃe | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Latvey | same as written |
| Guarani | grn | Letoña | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Letonija, Latvija | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Lettország | same as written |
| Interlingua | ina | Lettonia, Latvia | same as written |
| Jersey Norman French | jnf | Lettonnie | same as written |
| Greenlandic | kal | Letlandi | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Letonya | same as written |
| Livonian | liv | Leţmō | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Latvja | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Letonia / Летония | Letonia |
| Maori | mri | Rāwhia | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Latvia / لاتۏيا | Latvia |
| Nahuatl | nah | Letontlān | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Létonîn | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Łotwa | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Letónia / Letônia | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Litunya, Latwiya | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Latviya / लात्विया | Latviya |
| Slovio | slo | Latvia / Латвиа | Latvia |
| Northern Sami | sme | Látvia | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Latvėjė | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Lativia | same as written |
| Somali | som | Laatfiya | same as written |
| Saterland Frisian | stq | Letlound | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Uotwa | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Letónia | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Latbiya, Letonya | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | Letivia | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Latwiýa / Латвия | Latwiýa |
| Turkish | tur | Letonya, Latviya | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Latviya / Латвия / لەتۋىيە | Latviya |
| Veps | vep | Latvii | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Lát-vi-a | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Latviyän | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Letoneye | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Letóoni | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Letonya | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Латві́ꙗ | Latvī́ja |
| Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abq / alt / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Латвия | Latvija |
| Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian | chv / mon / oss | Латви | Latvi |
| Rusyn, Ukrainian | rue / ukr | Латвія | Latvija |
| Abkhaz | abk | Латвиа | Latvia |
| Avar | ava | Латвия | Latwija |
| Bashkir | bak | Латвия / Latviya | Latviya |
| Belarusian | bel | Латвія / Łatvija | Łatvija |
| Chechen | che | Латви / Latvi | Latvi |
| Kazakh | kaz | Латвия / لاتۆيا / Latvïya | Latvïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Латвиэ | Latviă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Латвия / لاتۋىيا / Latviya | Latviya |
| Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic) | kmr | Латви / Latvî | Latvî |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Латвий | Latvij |
| Macedonian | mkd | Летонија | Letonija |
| Serbian | srp | Летонија / Letonija | Letonija |
| Tatar | tat | Латвия / Latviä / لاتۋىيە | Latviä |
| Tajik | tgk | Латвия / لتویه / Latvija | Latvija |
| Arabic | ara | لاتفيا | Lātfiyā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | لاتوییا / Latviya | Latviya |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | لاتڤیا / Latviya | Latviya |
| Persian | fas | لتونی / Letoni, لاتوی / Lâtvi | Letoni, Lâtvi |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | لیٹویا | Lēṫviyā |
| Dari | prs | لاتویا, لتویا | Lātviyā, Latviyā |
| Pashto | pus | لاتويا, لتويا | Lātwiyā, Latwiyā |
| Uyghur | uig | لاتۋىيە / Latwiye / Латвия | Latwiye |
| Urdu | urd | لیٹویا, لٹویا | Læṫviyā, Laṫviyā |
| Dhivehi | div | ލެޓްވިއާ | Leṫviā |
| Syriac | syr | ܠܬܦܝܐ, ܠܬܒܝܐ | Latpiyā, Latbiyā |
| Hebrew | heb | לטויה, לאטוויה, לטביה, לאטביה | Laṭvyah, Lāṭvyah, Laṭṿyah, Lāṭṿyah |
| Ladino | lad | ליטוניה / Letonia | Letonia |
| Yiddish | yid | לעטלאַנד | Letland |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵍⵉⵟⵟⵓⵏⵢⴰ / Liṭṭunya | Liṭṭunya |
| Amharic | amh | ላትቪያ | Latviya |
| Greek | ell | Λετονία, Λεττονία | Letonía, Lettonía |
| Armenian | hye | Լատվիա | Latvia |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ლატვია | Latvia |
| Laz | lzz | ლეტონია / Let’onia | Let’onia |
| Hindi | hin | लात्विया / लातविया, लैटविया | Lātviyā, Læṭviyā |
| Nepali | nep | लात्भिया | Lātbʰiyā |
| Bengali | ben | লাত্ভিয়া, লাতভিয়া | Lātbʰiyā, Lātbʰiyā |
| Gujarati | guj | લાટવિયા | Lāṭviyā |
| Oriya | ori | ଲାଟଭିଆ | Lāṭbʰiā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਲਾਟਵੀਆ | Lāṭvīā |
| Sinhala | sin | ලැට්වියාව | Læṭviyāva |
| Kannada | kan | ಲಾತ್ವಿಯ | Lātviya |
| Malayalam | mal | ലാറ്റ്വിയ | Lāṟṟviya |
| Tamil | tam | லாட்வியா, லத்வியா | Lāṭviyā, Latviyā |
| Telugu | tel | లాత్వియా | Lātviyā |
| Chinese | zho | 拉脱維亞/拉脱维亚 | Lātuōwéiyà |
| Japanese | jpn | ラトヴィア, ラトビア | Ratovia, Ratobia |
| Korean | kor | 라트비아 | Lateubia |
| Tibetan | bod | ལ་ཊ་ཝིཡ། | La.ta.wiya |
| Burmese | mya | လတ်ဗီးယား | Laʿbìyà |
| Thai | tha | ลัตเวีย | Lâtwiya |
| Lao | lao | ແລດໂຕນີ, ລັດເວຍ | Lǣttōnī, Lâtviya |
| Khmer | khm | ឡាតវី, ឡាតវីយ៉ា | Ḷātvī, Ḷātvīyā |
German, Swedish and Icelandic say Lettland, Estonian and Võro Läti. Hebrew lists four spellings of the same sounds.
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Latvija, Lettland, Łotwa: two families of names
Latvia is Latvija in Latvian, officially Latvijas Republika, and Lithuanian and Slovenian use the same form. The names of other languages split into two families. One goes back to Latvija: Latvia in English and Finnish, Латвия in Russian, Լատվիա in Armenian, ლატვია in Georgian, لاتفيا in Arabic. The other goes back to Lettigallia and Lethia, the Latin forms Henry of Latvia used for the land of the Latgalians: Lettland in German, Swedish and Icelandic, Lettonie in French, Lettonia in Italian and Latin, Letonia in Spanish and Romanian, Lettország in Hungarian. Polish has its own form, Łotwa, and Estonian says Läti.
Riga keeps its shape almost everywhere. The Latvian Rīga has a long ī; Lithuanian, Polish and Silesian write Ryga, Estonian Riia and Finnish Riika, and Arabic offers both ريغا and ريجا. Polish also has names of its own for several Latvian towns, listed below: Dyneburg or Dźwińsk for Daugavpils, Lipawa for Liepāja, Windawa for Ventspils.
Riga in other languages: Rīga, Ryga, Riia
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Czech, Kashubian, French, Latin, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish | eng / ces / csb / fra / lat / slk / slv / spa / swe | Riga | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Riga | same as written |
| Lithuanian, Polish, Silesian | lit / pol / szl | Ryga | same as written |
| Estonian, Võro | est / vor | Riia | same as written |
| Latvian, Samogitian | lav / smg | Rīga | same as written |
| Moldovan, Turkmen | mol / tuk | Riga / Рига | Riga |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Riqa / Рига | Riqa |
| Bosnian | bos | Riga / Рига / رٖىغا | Riga |
| Esperanto | epo | Rigo | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Riika | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Riga | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Ríga | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Rîga | same as written |
| Livonian | liv | Rīgõ | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Riga / ريݢا | Riga |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Riga / रिगा | Riga |
| Uzbek | uzb | Riga / Рига / رىگە | Riga |
| Veps | vep | Rig | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian | bul / mon / rus | Рига | Riga |
| Bashkir, Serbian | bak / srp | Рига / Riga | Riga |
| Belarusian | bel | Рыга / Ryha | Ryha |
| Chuvash | chv | Ригӑ | Rigă |
| Kazakh | kaz | Рига / ريگا / Rïga | Rïga |
| Kabardian | kbd | Ригэ | Rigă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Рига / رىگا / Riga | Riga |
| Ossetian | oss | Ригӕ | Rigä |
| Tatar | tat | Рига / Riga / رىگا | Riga |
| Tajik | tgk | Рига / ریگه / Riga | Riga |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Риґа | Ryga |
| Arabic | ara | ريغا, ريجا | Rīġā, Rīgā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ریقا / Riqa | Riqa |
| Persian | fas | ریگا / Rigâ | Rigâ |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | ریگا | Rīgā |
| Pashto | pus | ريګا | Rīgā |
| Uyghur | uig | رىگا / Riga / Рига | Riga |
| Urdu | urd | ریگا | Rīgā |
| Syriac | syr | ܪܝܓܐ | Rīgā |
| Hebrew | heb | ריגה | Rīgah |
| Yiddish | yid | ריגע | Rige |
| Amharic | amh | ሪጋ | Riga |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell-dhi | Ρίγα | Ríga |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell-kat | Ρῖγα | Rĩga |
| Armenian | hye | Ռիգա | Ṙiga |
| Georgian | kat | რიგა | Riga |
| Hindi | hin | रीगा, रिगा | Rīgā, Rigā |
| Nepali | nep | रिगा | Rigā |
| Bengali | ben | রিগা | Rigā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਰੀਗਾ | Rīgā |
| Kannada | kan | ರಿಗ | Riga |
| Tamil | tam | ரீகா, ரிகா | Rīkā, Rikā |
| Telugu | tel | రిగా | Rigā |
| Chinese | zho | 裡加/里加 | Lǐjiā |
| Japanese | jpn | リガ | Riga |
| Korean | kor | 리가 | Riga |
| Thai | tha | ริกา | Rikā |
| Khmer | khm | រីហ្គា | Rīhkā |
Latvian towns and their Polish names
| Latvian | Polish |
|---|---|
| Cēsis | Kieś |
| Daugavpils | Dyneburg; Dźwińsk |
| Liepāja | Lipawa |
| Rēzekne | Rzeżyca |
| Rīga | Ryga |
| Ventspils | Windawa |
Daugavpils has two Polish names, Dyneburg and Dźwińsk.
The 36 municipalities and 7 state cities of Latvia
Since the reform of 2021 Latvia has 36 municipalities (novadi) and seven state cities (valstspilsētas) of equal rank. ISO 3166-2:LV codes the municipalities with three digits and the cities with three letters. The Latvian name stands with the short form ISO lists below it.
| ISO 3166-2 | Latvian | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipalities novadi36 | ||||
| LV-002 | Aizkraukles novadsAizkraukle | Aizkraukle Municipality | ||
| LV-007 | Alūksnes novadsAlūksne | Alūksne Municipality | ||
| LV-111 | Augšdaugavas novadsAugšdaugava | Augšdaugava Municipality | 2021 New municipality, code added on 25 November 2021 | |
| LV-011 | Ādažu novadsĀdaži | Ādaži Municipality | ||
| LV-015 | Balvu novadsBalvi | Balvi Municipality | ||
| LV-016 | Bauskas novadsBauska | Bauska Municipality | ||
| LV-022 | Cēsu novadsCēsis | Cēsis Municipality | ||
| LV-112 | Dienvidkurzemes NovadsDienvidkurzeme | Dienvidkurzeme Municipality | 2021 New municipality, code added on 25 November 2021 | |
| LV-026 | Dobeles novadsDobele | Dobele Municipality | ||
| LV-033 | Gulbenes novadsGulbene | Gulbene Municipality | ||
| LV-041 | Jelgavas novadsJelgava | Jelgava Municipality | ||
| LV-042 | Jēkabpils novadsJēkabpils | Jēkabpils Municipality | ||
| LV-047 | Krāslavas novadsKrāslava | Krāslava Municipality | ||
| LV-050 | Kuldīgas novadsKuldīga | Kuldīga Municipality | ||
| LV-052 | Ķekavas novadsĶekava | Ķekava Municipality | ||
| LV-054 | Limbažu novadsLimbaži | Limbaži Municipality | ||
| LV-056 | Līvānu novadsLīvāni | Līvāni Municipality | ||
| LV-058 | Ludzas novadsLudza | Ludza Municipality | ||
| LV-059 | Madonas novadsMadona | Madona Municipality | ||
| LV-062 | Mārupes novadsMārupe | Mārupe Municipality | ||
| LV-067 | Ogres novadsOgre | Ogre Municipality | ||
| LV-068 | Olaines novadsOlaine | Olaine Municipality | ||
| LV-073 | Preiļu novadsPreiļi | Preiļi Municipality | ||
| LV-077 | Rēzeknes novadsRēzekne | Rēzekne Municipality | ||
| LV-080 | Ropažu novadsRopaži | Ropaži Municipality | ||
| LV-087 | Salaspils novadsSalaspils | Salaspils Municipality | ||
| LV-088 | Saldus novadsSaldus | Saldus Municipality | ||
| LV-089 | Saulkrastu novadsSaulkrasti | Saulkrasti Municipality | ||
| LV-091 | Siguldas novadsSigulda | Sigulda Municipality | ||
| LV-094 | Smiltenes novadsSmiltene | Smiltene Municipality | ||
| LV-097 | Talsu novadsTalsi | Talsi Municipality | ||
| LV-099 | Tukuma novadsTukums | Tukums Municipality | ||
| LV-101 | Valkas novadsValka | Valka Municipality | ||
| LV-113 | Valmieras NovadsValmiera | Valmiera Municipality | 2021 New municipality, code added on 25 November 2021 | |
| LV-102 | Varakļānu novadsVarakļāni | Varakļāni Municipality | ||
| LV-106 | Ventspils novadsVentspils | Ventspils Municipality | ||
| State cities valstspilsētas7 | ||||
| LV-DGV | Daugavpils | Daugavpils | DaugavpilsDaugavpils | |
| LV-JEL | Jelgava | Jelgava | JelgavaJelgava | |
| LV-JUR | Jūrmala | Jūrmala | JūrmalaJūrmala | |
| LV-LPX | Liepāja | Liepāja | LiepājaLiepāja | |
| LV-REZ | Rēzekne | Rēzekne | RēzekneRēzekne | |
| LV-RIX | Rīga | Riga | RīgaRiga | |
| LV-VEN | Ventspils | Ventspils | VentspilsVentspils | |
Codes, names and short forms: ISO 3166-2:LV on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:LV, checked 28 October 2026. ISO deleted 77 municipality codes and the republican cities Jēkabpils (LV-JKB) and Valmiera (LV-VMR) on 25 November 2021 and added LV-111 to LV-113.
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Novads and the reform of 2021
Latvian names a municipality with the genitive of its centre and novads, so Bauskas novads is the municipality of Bauska and Cēsu novads that of Cēsis. From 2009 to 2021 there were 110 of them and nine republican cities. The division in force since 1 July 2021 merged them into 36 larger municipalities and seven state cities. ISO followed on 25 November 2021: it deleted the city codes of Jēkabpils and Valmiera, which now belong to Jēkabpils novads and the new Valmieras novads, and added two more new names, Augšdaugavas and Dienvidkurzemes novads.
The 110 municipalities and 9 republican cities, 2009 to 2021
| ISO 3166-2 | Municipality | Centre | Code in 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LV-001 | Aglonas novads | Aglona | deleted 2021 |
| LV-002 | Aizkraukles novads | Aizkraukle | kept |
| LV-003 | Aizputes novads | Aizpute | deleted 2021 |
| LV-004 | Aknīstes novads | Aknīste | deleted 2021 |
| LV-005 | Alojas novads | Aloja | deleted 2021 |
| LV-006 | Alsungas novads | Alsunga | deleted 2021 |
| LV-007 | Alūksnes novads | Alūksne | kept |
| LV-008 | Amatas novads | Amata | deleted 2021 |
| LV-009 | Apes novads | Ape | deleted 2021 |
| LV-010 | Auces novads | Auce | deleted 2021 |
| LV-011 | Ādažu novads | Ādaži | kept |
| LV-012 | Babītes novads | Babīte | deleted 2021 |
| LV-013 | Baldones novads | Baldone | deleted 2021 |
| LV-014 | Baltinavas novads | Baltinava | deleted 2021 |
| LV-015 | Balvu novads | Balvi | kept |
| LV-016 | Bauskas novads | Bauska | kept |
| LV-017 | Beverīnas novads | Beverīna | deleted 2021 |
| LV-018 | Brocēnu novads | Brocēni | deleted 2021 |
| LV-019 | Burtnieku novads | Burtnieki | deleted 2021 |
| LV-020 | Carnikavas novads | Carnikava | deleted 2021 |
| LV-021 | Cesvaines novads | Cesvaine | deleted 2021 |
| LV-022 | Cēsu novads | Cēsis | kept |
| LV-023 | Ciblas novads | Cibla | deleted 2021 |
| LV-024 | Dagdas novads | Dagda | deleted 2021 |
| LV-025 | Daugavpils novads | Daugavpils | deleted 2021 |
| LV-026 | Dobeles novads | Dobele | kept |
| LV-027 | Dundagas novads | Dundaga | deleted 2021 |
| LV-028 | Durbes novads | Durbe | deleted 2021 |
| LV-029 | Engures novads | Engure | deleted 2021 |
| LV-030 | Ērgļu novads | Ērgļi | deleted 2021 |
| LV-031 | Garkalnes novads | Garkalne | deleted 2021 |
| LV-032 | Grobiņas novads | Grobiņa | deleted 2021 |
| LV-033 | Gulbenes novads | Gulbene | kept |
| LV-034 | Iecavas novads | Iecava | deleted 2021 |
| LV-035 | Ikšķiles novads | Ikšķile | deleted 2021 |
| LV-036 | Ilūkstes novads | Ilūkste | deleted 2021 |
| LV-037 | Inčukalna novads | Inčukalns | deleted 2021 |
| LV-038 | Jaunjelgavas novads | Jaunjelgava | deleted 2021 |
| LV-039 | Jaunpiebalgas novads | Jaunpiebalga | deleted 2021 |
| LV-040 | Jaunpils novads | Jaunpils | deleted 2021 |
| LV-041 | Jelgavas novads | Jelgava | kept |
| LV-042 | Jēkabpils novads | Jēkabpils | kept |
| LV-043 | Kandavas novads | Kandava | deleted 2021 |
| LV-044 | Kārsavas novads | Kārsava | deleted 2021 |
| LV-045 | Kocēnu novads | Kocēni | deleted 2021 |
| LV-046 | Kokneses novads | Koknese | deleted 2021 |
| LV-047 | Krāslavas novads | Krāslava | kept |
| LV-048 | Krimuldas novads | Krimulda | deleted 2021 |
| LV-049 | Krustpils novads | Krustpils | deleted 2021 |
| LV-050 | Kuldīgas novads | Kuldīga | kept |
| LV-051 | Ķeguma novads | Ķegums | deleted 2021 |
| LV-052 | Ķekavas novads | Ķekava | kept |
| LV-053 | Lielvārdes novads | Lielvārde | deleted 2021 |
| LV-054 | Limbažu novads | Limbaži | kept |
| LV-055 | Līgatnes novads | Līgatne | deleted 2021 |
| LV-056 | Līvānu novads | Līvāni | kept |
| LV-057 | Lubānas novads | Lubāna | deleted 2021 |
| LV-058 | Ludzas novads | Ludza | kept |
| LV-059 | Madonas novads | Madona | kept |
| LV-060 | Mazsalacas novads | Mazsalaca | deleted 2021 |
| LV-061 | Mālpils novads | Mālpils | deleted 2021 |
| LV-062 | Mārupes novads | Mārupe | kept |
| LV-063 | Mērsraga novads | Mērsrags | deleted 2021 |
| LV-064 | Naukšēnu novads | Naukšēni | deleted 2021 |
| LV-065 | Neretas novads | Nereta | deleted 2021 |
| LV-066 | Nīcas novads | Nīca | deleted 2021 |
| LV-067 | Ogres novads | Ogre | kept |
| LV-068 | Olaines novads | Olaine | kept |
| LV-069 | Ozolnieku novads | Ozolnieki | deleted 2021 |
| LV-070 | Pārgaujas novads | Pārgauja | deleted 2021 |
| LV-071 | Pāvilostas novads | Pāvilosta | deleted 2021 |
| LV-072 | Pļaviņu novads | Pļaviņas | deleted 2021 |
| LV-073 | Preiļu novads | Preiļi | kept |
| LV-074 | Priekules novads | Priekule | deleted 2021 |
| LV-075 | Priekuļu novads | Priekuļi | deleted 2021 |
| LV-076 | Raunas novads | Rauna | deleted 2021 |
| LV-077 | Rēzeknes novads | Rēzekne | kept |
| LV-078 | Riebiņu novads | Riebiņi | deleted 2021 |
| LV-079 | Rojas novads | Roja | deleted 2021 |
| LV-080 | Ropažu novads | Ropaži | kept |
| LV-081 | Rucavas novads | Rucava | deleted 2021 |
| LV-082 | Rugāju novads | Rugāji | deleted 2021 |
| LV-083 | Rundāles novads | Rundāle | deleted 2021 |
| LV-084 | Rūjienas novads | Rūjiena | deleted 2021 |
| LV-086 | Salacgrīvas novads | Salacgrīva | deleted 2021 |
| LV-085 | Salas novads | Sala | deleted 2021 |
| LV-087 | Salaspils novads | Salaspils | kept |
| LV-088 | Saldus novads | Saldus | kept |
| LV-089 | Saulkrastu novads | Saulkrasti | kept |
| LV-090 | Sējas novads | Sēja | deleted 2021 |
| LV-091 | Siguldas novads | Sigulda | kept |
| LV-092 | Skrīveru novads | Skrīveri | deleted 2021 |
| LV-093 | Skrundas novads | Skrunda | deleted 2021 |
| LV-094 | Smiltenes novads | Smiltene | kept |
| LV-095 | Stopiņu novads | Stopiņi | deleted 2021 |
| LV-096 | Strenču novads | Strenči | deleted 2021 |
| LV-097 | Talsu novads | Talsi | kept |
| LV-098 | Tērvetes novads | Tērvete | deleted 2021 |
| LV-099 | Tukuma novads | Tukums | kept |
| LV-100 | Vaiņodes novads | Vaiņode | deleted 2021 |
| LV-101 | Valkas novads | Valka | kept |
| LV-102 | Varakļānu novads | Varakļāni | kept |
| LV-103 | Vārkavas novads | Vārkava | deleted 2021 |
| LV-104 | Vecpiebalgas novads | Vecpiebalga | deleted 2021 |
| LV-105 | Vecumnieku novads | Vecumnieki | deleted 2021 |
| LV-106 | Ventspils novads | Ventspils | kept |
| LV-107 | Viesītes novads | Viesīte | deleted 2021 |
| LV-108 | Viļakas novads | Viļaka | deleted 2021 |
| LV-109 | Viļānu novads | Viļāni | deleted 2021 |
| LV-110 | Zilupes novads | Zilupe | deleted 2021 |
| LV-DGV | Daugavpils pilsēta | Daugavpils | kept as state city |
| LV-JEL | Jelgavas pilsēta | Jelgava | kept as state city |
| LV-JKB | Jēkabpils pilsēta | Jēkabpils | deleted 2021 |
| LV-JUR | Jūrmalas pilsēta | Jūrmala | kept as state city |
| LV-LPX | Liepājas pilsēta | Liepāja | kept as state city |
| LV-REZ | Rēzeknes pilsēta | Rēzekne | kept as state city |
| LV-RIX | Rīgas pilsēta | Rīga | kept as state city |
| LV-VMR | Valmieras pilsēta | Valmiera | deleted 2021 |
| LV-VEN | Ventspils pilsēta | Ventspils | kept as state city |
Origin of Latvija, Lettland and Letonia: Wikipedia's Latvia; date of the 2021 division: Wikipedia's Administrative divisions of Latvia, both checked 28 October 2026. Codes of this list: ISO 3166-2:LV, Newsletter II-3 of 13 December 2011, and the deletions of 25 November 2021. 33 municipality codes and seven city codes remained in use for the enlarged units.
08 · Anthem
Dievs, svētī Latviju, the national anthem
The anthem in Latvian, God bless Latvia, in two halves of four lines.
- Dievs, svētī Latviju, / Mūs’ dārgo tēviju, / Svētī jel Latviju, / Ak, svētī jel to!
- Kur latvju meitas zied, / Kur latvju dēli dzied, / Laid mums tur laimē diet, / Mūs’ Latvijā!
09 · Questions
Questions about Latvia's names and municipalities
Why is Latvia called Lettland in German?
Lettland, like French Lettonie and Spanish Letonia, goes back to Lettigallia and Lethia, Latin names for the land of the Latgalians. Latvija comes from the same people.
How many municipalities does Latvia have?
36 municipalities and seven state cities since 1 July 2021, coded in ISO 3166-2:LV. Before the reform there were 110 municipalities and nine republican cities.
What is Daugavpils called in Polish?
Dyneburg or Dźwińsk.