BALTIC STATES

EUROPE

BALTIC SEA
The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from
53N to 66N latitude and from 20E to 26E
longitude.
It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the
mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands.
The Baltic Sea is artificially linked to the White
Sea by the White Sea Canal and to the North Sea
by the Kiel Canal.

 The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea, the largest

body of brackish water in the world. It occupies a
basin formed by glacial erosion.
The Baltic sea is about 1610 km (1000 mi) long, an
average of 193 km (120 mi) wide, and an average
of 55 m (180 ft, 30 fathoms) deep. The maximum
depth is 459 m (1506 ft), on the Swedish side of the
center. The surface area is about 377,000 km
(145,522 sq mi) and the volume is about 21,000
cubic km (3129 cubic miles). The periphery
amounts to about 8000= km (4968 mi) of
coastline.

BALTIC REGION

BALTIC STATES
ESTONIA

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

COUNTRIES IN THE BALTIC

REGION
DENMARK

FINLAND

GERMANY

COUNTRIES IN THE BALTIC

REGION
POLAND

RUSSIA

SWEDEN

ESTONIA

CAPITAL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT
PRIME MINISTER
AREA
CURRENCY

TALLINN
ESTONIAN
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
TOOMAS HENDRIK ILVES
ANDRUS ANSIP
45,226 KM (132ND)
ESTONIAN KROON (EEK)

LATVIA

CAPITAL
OFFICAIL LANGUAGE
GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT
PRIME MINISTER
AREA
CURRENCY

RIGA
LATVIAN
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
VALDIS ZATLERS
AIGARS KALVITIS
64,589 KM (124th)
LATS (Ls) (LVL)

LITHUANIA

CAPITAL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT
PRIME MINISTER
AREA
CURRENCY

VILNIUS
LITHANIAN
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
VALDAS ADAMKUS
GEDIMINAS KIRKILAS
65,200 KM (123rd)
LITHUANIAN LITAS (Lt) (LTL)

DENMARK

CAPITAL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
GOVERNMENT
MONARCH
PRIME MINISTER
AREA
CURRENCY

COPENHAGEN
DANISH
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
MARGRETHE II
ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN
43,094 KM (134th)
DANISH KRONE (DKK)

FINLAND

CAPITAL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT
PRIME MINISTER
AREA
CURRENCY

HELSINKI
FINNISH, SWEDISH
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
TARJA HALONEN
MATTI VANHANEN
338,145 KM (65th)
EURO ()3 (EUR)

GERMANY

CAPITAL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT
CHANCELLOR
AREA
CURRENCY

BERLIN
GERMAN
PARLIAMENTARY FEDERAL REPUBLIC

HORST KOHLER
ANGELA MERKEL (CDU)
357,021 KM (63rd)
EURO() (EUR)

POLAND

CAPITAL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT
PRIME MINISTER
AREA
CURRENCY

WARSAW
POLISH
PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC
LECH KACZYNSKI
JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI
312,683 KM (69th)
ZLOTY (PLN)

RUSSIA

CAPITAL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT
PRIME MINISTER
AREA
CURRENCY

MOSCOW
RUSSIAN
SEMI PRESIDENTIAL
VLADIMIR PUTIN
MIKHAIL
FRADKOV
17,075,400 KM (1st)
RUBLE (RUB)

SWEDEN

CAPITAL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
GOVERNMENT
KING
PRIME MINISTER
SPEAKER OF THE RIKSDAG
AREA
CURRENCY

STOCKHOLM
SWEDISH
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
CARL XVI GUSTAF
FREDRIK REINFELDT
PER WESTERBERG
449,964 KM (55th)
SWEDISH KRONA (SEK)