Latgale Region ( lv, Latgales reģions), officially Latgale Planning Region ( lv, Latgales plānošanas reģions, link=no), is one of the five

planning regions of Latvia There are five planning regions of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas plānošanas reģioni); Kurzeme, Latgale, Riga, Vidzeme and Zemgale. The boundaries of the regions aligns to the boundaries of the municipalities of Latvia following the municipality refor ...

, it is situated in the eastern part of

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. The state institution was founded on 2 October 2006, based on the creation of the region territory as prescribed by Regulations No. 133 of the

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as of 25 March 2003, the "Regulations on Territories of Planning Regions". As of 2020, the region's population was 281,116.

Geography

The territory of the Latgale Region was created in 2006.

Economy

The

gross regional product Gross regional product (GRP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a region or subdivision of a country in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time. A metropolitan area's GRP (gross metropolitan prod ...

(GRP) of the region was €2.1 billion in 2020.

Demography

Latgale Region had a population of 247,220 inhabitants in 2022.

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Latgale planning region
Subdivisions of Latvia States and territories established in 2006 2006 establishments in Latvia {{Latgale-geo-stub

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Economy

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