Latvia
Administrative Division
Latvia is situated on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea and borders to Estonia in the north, Russia in the east and to Lithuania and Belarus in the south.
There are two administrative levels in Latvia. At regional levels, the country is divided into 26 districts, or counties (rajons), and 7 cities with county rights, thus creating 33 regional government areas. The composition of the regional governments (directly elected versus appointed) has varied over the years. At the lowest level, there are about 600 municipalities (7 cities, about 70 towns and about 500 rural areas or pagasts), which are governmed by elected municipality councils.
NUTS structure
Latvia has 6 NUTS 3 units, 1 NUTS 2 unit and 1 NUTS 1 unit.
| Code | Country | NUTS 1 | NUTS 2 | NUTS 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LV | Latvia | |||
| LV0 | Latvija | |||
| LV00 | Latvija | |||
| LV003 | Kurzeme | |||
| LV005 | Latgale | |||
| LV006 | Riga | |||
| LV007 | Periga | |||
| LV008 | Vidzeme | |||
| LV009 | Zemgale |
