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Flag of Latvia

The national flag of Latvia was flown during the independence duration of Latvia from 1918 till the nation was captured by the Soviet Union in 1940. The flag was suppressed during the Soviet Union rule. On 27 February 1990, Lativa Flag was re-adopted after gaining independence by Latvian government.

Though officially approved in 1923, the Latvian flag was in usage as early as the 13th century. The red color is occasionally described as representing the willingness of the Latvians to stretch the blood from their hearts for liberty and their readiness to defend their freedom. Flag of Latvia is an alternative interpretation, as per one legend, is that a Latvian leader was injured in battle, and the limits of the white sheet in which he was enfolded were stained by his blood. The white band signifies for the sheet that wrapped him.

History of Latvia Flag

The red-white-red Latvian flag is initially stated in the medieval Rhymed Chronicle of Livonia, which shelters the retro from 1180 to 1343, and is thus amongst the oldest flags in the biosphere. The chronicle tells of a fight that took place about 1279, in which antique Latvian tribes from Cēsis, a urban in the northern part of contemporary Latvia, went to war, manner a red flag with a white band.

Legend recounts the floor of the fatally wounded chief of a Latvian community who was enfolded in a white sheet. The part of the piece on which he was deceitful remained white, but the two limits were discolored in his blood. During the next fight the bloodstained leaf was used as a flag. As per the legend, this time the Latvian soldiers were successful and herd the enemy away. Ever since then Latvian communities have used these colors.

Latvia Flag Design and Symbolic Meaning

It is expressed that the deep red color is illustrative of the blood shed by a injured Latvian leader, and the white embodies the cloth used to stole his wounds.

About Latvia

Latvia is situated at northern and Eastern Europe, which is on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. The nation is surrounded by Russia and Belarus to the east, Estonia to the north, and maritime border with Sweden to the west and Lithuania to the south. Latvia has 2 million inhabitants with population density of 31 per Km2 (80 people per mi2).

Latvia is a central government of republic. The official language of Latvia is Latvian and the currency is Euro. Latvia comprises of two letters Latvia code i.e. LV and its three letters Latvia code is LVA and in digits it is 428. The calling code is +371 and the UTC i.e. standard time followed in Latvia is UTC +3 hours.

Being a central government of republic, Latvia comprises a total of four independent regions instead of states or provinces.