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Facts about Lithuania
Area: 65,300 km2.
Location: Lithuania is a state on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
Neighbouring states: Latvia, Belarus, Poland, and Russia.
Climate: between maritime and continental. Average temperature in July is 23°C, and average temperature in January is -4.9°C.
Landscape: Lithuania is a flat country, lowland plains make up 75% of its territory.
Language: the official language of the Republic of Lithuania is the Lithuanian language.
Population: 3,394,000.
Capital: Vilnius.
Form of government: parliamentary democracy. Head of state: President, the executive branch: Government (appointed by the President), the legislative branch: Seimas (unicameral parliament, direct election).
Administrative division: the territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties. Counties are subdivided into 60 municipalities. Municipalities consist of 546 elderships.
Largest cities according to the population: Vilnius (553,200), Kaunas (373,700), Klaipėda (191,600), Šiauliai (132,700), Panevėžys (118,800).
Ethnic composition: Lithuanians: 83.5%, Poles: 6.7%, Russians: 6.3%, Belorussians: 1.2%, other: 2.3%. There are 115 ethnicities in total in Lithuania.
Religion: Roman Catholic Church. There are also communities of Eastern Orthodox Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Evangelical Reformation Church, Old Believers, Judaism, Islam, and others.
Life expectancy: average life expectancy for Lithuanians: 71 years; men: 66, women: 77.
National currency: litas (Lt). 3.4528 Lt = 1 euro.
Independence:
declared: 16 February 1918
restored: 11 March 1990
Lithuania joined NATO 29 March 2004, and on 1 May 2004 it became a member state of the EU.
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Public Holidays:
January 1: New Year’s Day
February 16: Day of Reestablishment of the State of Lithuania (1918)
March 11: Day of Restitution of Independence of Lithuania (from the Soviet Union, 1990)
Easter (First Sunday and Monday of spring with full moon)
May 1: International Labour Day
June 24: St John‘s Feast (Midsummer)
July 6: Statehood Day (Coronation of Mindaugas)
August 15: Assumption Day (Žolinė)
November 1: All Saints’ Day
December 25 and 26: Christmas
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In the Middle Ages, Lithuania, unlike other Baltic countries (Latvia and Estonia), had already had its state: the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Magnus Ducatus Lithuaniae). It is generally accepted that the state of Lithuania found its way into the world...
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In 1918, the Council of Lithuania (an interim authority) had enough stamina and determination to sign the Act of independence of Lithuania “re-establishing an independent state based on democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital city,...
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Sonata Nr. 5 (Sonata of the Sun). Finale. 1907/1908
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis is the great master of Lithuanian music, art and letters. His unique ideas and forms of expression attract interest of...
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Silute is located on the shores of Sysa river. The city is relatively young one since it was formed as late as 1910
History Back in 1252 the area of the current ?ilutė region was called Lamata, which means a low and marshy place....
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The colours of the State Flag (National Flag) are yellow, green, and red. The tricolour stripes are horizontal. Width-to-length ratio – 1:2.
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Kėdainiai is one of the oldest towns in Lithuania which has an impressive and historically unique place – Old town. The history of the town is counted from 1372, when Kėdainiai were first mentioned in Livonian Chronicle by Hermann Wartberge.
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Pearl of the Nemunas bends!
The small and cosy Birštonas resort located at the Nemunas River is exclusive notonly to the Kaunas region, but to all of Lithuania. It is the only resort located in the middle ofthe country and is only 40 km...
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Lithuania’s steadfast strife for freedom and a peaceful anticommunist movement undermined and brought about the final collapse of the communist empire. The Gorbachiov’s perestroika launched in 1985 had an enormous impact on the developments in...
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Druskininkai is the largest resort in Lithuania, located in the south of the country, 120 km from Vilnius and Kaunas. The resort is famous for its old sanatorium treatment traditions, wonderful nature and rapidly developing tourism...
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Žaliūkių Village Miller’s Farmstead is an accent of rural landscape and a centre for traditional folk values fostering. The most important object of the Farmstead – Žaliūkių Windmill – reflecting traditional Lithuanian wooden...
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The lands of Aukštaitija (the present north-eastern and eastern part of Lithuania ) were the prime nucleus of the Lithuanian State . Around the 11th century the Duchy of Lithuania was formed here. Due to insightful diplomatic relations it became...
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Marijampolė (pop. 47.7thousand) is the capital city of Suvalkija (Sūduva), the Užnemunė ethnic region of Lithuania.
The town, settled by the Šešupė River, originated from the village of Pašešupis, first mentioned in the historical records...
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