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administrative territorial entity of Latvia

vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-latvia · PHY.PLC

Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Latvia across reforms, relay the current structure and official sources, and route to entries for specific municipalities, cities and regions.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Latvia across reforms, relay the current structure and official sources, and route to entries for specific municipalities, cities and regions.

Any unit of the administrative division of Latvia, in the current system of 43 units since the 2021 reform, comprising 36 municipalities and 7 state cities, grouped into 5 planning regions, and in earlier systems the 110 municipalities and 9 cities of 2009 to 2021, the districts and parishes before 2009, and the historical regions of Kurzeme, Zemgale, Vidzeme and Latgale; parishes and towns persist as sub-units within municipalities.

What it is for: Not applicable; an administrative category.

It can be explain the current structure; relay the history of reforms; route to specific units; relay official sources.

Distinguishing features

2021 reform

Single-tier local government

Planning regions for development

Parishes as sub-units

What it looks like

Not a visible object; areas on administrative maps.

Physical character

municipalities: 36 count - since 2021

state cities: 7 count - since 2021

planning regions: 5 count

How it is recognised

Administrative units of Latvia

Municipalities, state cities, planning regions, parishes

Historical regions are cultural, not administrative; NUTS units are statistical

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

administrative territorial entity of a single country

is located in - the country

Latvia

is governed by - of 2020

Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas

is represented in - for EU statistics

NUTS classification

In practice

Families and kinds

municipalities (novadi)

state cities (valstspilsetas)

planning regions

parishes (pagasti) and towns within municipalities

former units: districts (rajoni) before 2009, municipalities of 2009-2021

historical regions

Identifiers

ISO 3166-2 LV subdivision codes

ATVK classification code Latvian territorial code

Standards and regulation

Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas 2020

Law on Local Governments

EU NUTS regulation

Failure modes and hazards

Stale divisions after reforms

Confusing cultural regions with administrative units

Wrong counts

Also called

planning region of Latviaformer municipality of Latviaadministrative divisions of Latvia (2009–2021)administrative divisions of Latvia before 2009parish of Latviamunicipality of Latviacounty of Latviastatistical region of Latviadistrict of Latviaformer parish of Latvia

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Structure Current structure.

Reference.

Units

Units.

Units

Units.

  1. What are the current administrative units of Latvia, and how are they organised? definition
  2. Is the question about the current system or an earlier one? boundary

Specific

Specific units.

Specific

Specific.

  1. Which municipality, city or region is meant, and what are its details? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific unit? action
Govern Governance.

Regulation.

Local

Local government.

Local

Local.

  1. How do municipalities and state cities govern, and what powers do they have? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Regions

Planning regions.

Regions

Regions.

  1. What do planning regions do? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific planning region? action
History Reforms.

Context.

Reforms

Reforms.

Reforms

Reforms.

  1. How did the 2009 and 2021 reforms change the divisions, and why? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Earlier

Earlier systems.

Earlier

Earlier.

  1. How was Latvia divided before 2009, including Soviet-era districts and interwar counties? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of Latvia? action
Data Data and codes.

Sources.

Codes

Codes and statistics.

Codes

Codes.

  1. What codes and statistical classifications apply to Latvian units? provenance
  2. Which entry fits NUTS? action

Sources

Official sources.

Sources

Sources.

  1. Where are official maps, registers and statistics published? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each reform era be a separate entry?
  • How should official registers be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming eras and unit types; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON