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Data sources for Latvia's government entities

Entity data for Latvia's 43 municipalities (36 novadi + 7 state cities), and 19 national government entities including 13 ministries, the Saeima (parliament), constitutional court, and supreme court. Latvia completed a major administrative reform in 2021, merging 119 municipalities into 43.

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SourceURLData Provided
CSB (Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia) 2023stat.gov.lvPopulation estimates 2023, demographics
Government of Latviamk.gov.lvGovernment directory, ministry listings
GADM (v4.1) gadm.org Administrative boundaries (municipalities and statistical regions)
Wikipedia - Administrative divisions of Latvia wikipedia.org Administrative divisions (verification)
Eurostat (European Commission statistical office) New demo_pjan, reg_area3 National population on 1 January (table demo_pjan) and national area (table reg_area3), for the country-level entry
OpenStreetMap (Nominatim) New nominatim.openstreetmap.org Municipality boundary polygons for post-2021 municipalities missing from GADM; area computed from them
Valsts zemes dienests (State Land Service, VZD), via the Latvian Open Data Portal New data.gov.lv 2021 administrative territory boundaries (CC0 1.0), used for Varakļāni Municipality, which GADM lacks; area computed from them
Wikidata New wikidata.org Entity enrichment via SPARQL queries