| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
LVA
|
| Continent |
Europe
|
| Country Name |
Latvia
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
Rajons
|
Level2 Type
|
Rajona piseta
|
| Number of Units |
585
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
4
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2000
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
2,639
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
2,506
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
2,381
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
2,671
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
2,516
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
2,421
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
64,196
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
10
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
76
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
764,329
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,207
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
21,662
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
33
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,195
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
24
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
103
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
3,402
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
912,508
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,093
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
47,658
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,572,701
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
5%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
66%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
60%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
33
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Central Statistics Bureau of Latvia, "Results of the 2000 Population and Housing Census in Latvia." |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: City Population, www.citypopulation.de; Statistical Yearbook of Latvia 2002, UN Statistical Library, hard copy |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to criteria based on the number of inhabitants and pre?dominance of non-agricultural workers and their families. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: Rajon (administrative level 1) population growth rates, between census years 1989 and 2000, were applied to 2000 Rajona piseta (administrative level 2) population data to extrapolate to target years. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
