Europe · DX entity · DXCC 145

Latvia

Latvia is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 15 and ITU zone 29. Its primary prefix is YL.

Flag of Latvia.

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Figure 1. Latvia and its municipalities, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.00287 degrees, about 319 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 56.9° N 24.6° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	145
Name in the ADIF standard	LATVIA
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	YL
CQ zone	15
ITU zone	29

Prefixes

YL is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Latvia.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.