Place:Lithuania

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NameLithuania
Alt namesLietuvasource: Wikipedia
Lietuvos Respublikasource: Wikipedia
Litauensource: Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) p 1174
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Repuplicsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-131
Lithuanian SSRsource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 288
Lithuaniesource: Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) p 298
Litouwensource: Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 402
Litovskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaya Respublicasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-131
Litovskayasource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 367-368
Lituaniasource: Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) p 860
Lituâniasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 319
Litvasource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Litva SSRsource: Times Atlas of the World (1988)
Litwasource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 524-525
Republic of Lithuaniasource: Wikipedia
TypeNation
Coordinates56°N 24°E
Also located inSoviet Union    
Contained Places
County
Alytus
Kaunas
Klaipėda
Kovna
Marijampolė
Panevėžys
Tauragė
Telšiai
Utena
Vilnius
Šiauliai
District municipality
Gargzdai
General region
Žemaitija
Historical province
Grodno
Kovna
Suvalki
Vil′na ( 1991 - )
Inhabited place
Dubingiai
Liškiava
Palūšė
Punia
Visaginas
Vištytis
Šiluva
Municipality
Elektrėnai
Province
Grodno
Unknown
Aleksandrava
Aleksandravėlė
Antakalnis
Audruliai
Aukštadvaris
Aukštoji Panemunė
Babriškis
Babtai
Bagaslaviškis
Barskiai
Batakiai
Bezdonys
Bublišké
Budelkiemiś
Butrimonys (Alytus)
Butrimonys (Salcinilcia)
Daniliškės
Darsūniškis
Deltuva
Didieji Ibėnai
Dirvupiai
Dovilai
Dvarčius
Dūkšos
Gailiūnai
Gegobrasta
Geisiškės
Gelvonai
Gelžiniai
Gojus
Grinkiškis
Inturkė
Jašiūnai
Jokūbonys
Josvainiai
Juodžiai
Kairiai
Kalotė
Kalveliai
Kapčiamiestis
Karališkiai
Karklė
Kasikėnai
Katyčiai
Kaunatava
Kazitiškis
Keidan
Kintai
Klemiškė
Kolainiai
Komisarovka
Kopgalis
Krakės
Kretingalė
Kruonis
Laibiškės
Lazarčiy
Leipalingis
Maineivos
Melnrage
Meteliai
Mikalavas
Miroslavas
Mitrofanovka
Musninkai
Mūro Strėvininkai
Naujadvaris
Naujamiestis
Naujoji Vilnia
Nemunaitis
Paberžė
Padubysys
Paežeriai
Pamūšis
Papilys
Perelozai
Pilviškiai
Plaškiai
Plikiai
Pumpėnai
Pušalotas
Rimkai
Rudamina
Rukianiai
Rumšiškės
Salamiestis
Salkininkai
Sartininkai
Seiminiškiai
Seirijai
Sendvaris
Sipailiškis
Slapžemiai
Stakliškės
Sudargas
Sudmantai
Surdegis
Sėlinai
Turgeliai
Užliekniai
Užpaliai
Užusaliai
Užusaliiai
Vadžgirys
Vaidaugai
Vanagai
Veliuona
Verdainė
Veselova
Veveriškiai
Viešvilė
Vilijampolė
Vilkiškiai
Vingis
Virgainiai
Vitė
Vytaučiai
Zapyškis
Čekiškė
Čiobiškis
Šakiai (Sakiai)
Šakiai
Šereiklaukis
Šešuoliai
Šnipiškės
Šumskas
Šventežeris
Švobiškis
Žardė
Žasliai
Žeimelis
Žemoji Panemunė
Žižmai
Žvyriai
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Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages.

For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July 1253. In the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe;[1] present-day Lithuania, Belarus, most of Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia were all lands of the Grand Duchy. The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were in a de facto personal union from 1386 with the marriage of the Polish queen Hedwig and Lithuania's Grand Duke Jogaila, who was crowned King jure uxoris Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland. The Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania was established by the Union of Lublin in July 1569. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighbouring countries dismantled it in 1772–1795, with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory. As World War I ended, Lithuania's Act of Independence was signed on 16 February 1918, founding the modern Republic of Lithuania. In World War II, Lithuania was occupied first by the Soviet Union and then by Nazi Germany. Towards the end of the war in 1944, when the Germans were retreating, the Soviet Union reoccupied Lithuania. Lithuanian armed resistance to the Soviet occupation lasted until the early 1950s. On 11 March 1990, a year before the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union, Lithuania passed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, becoming the first Soviet republic to proclaim its independence.

Lithuania is a developed country, with a high income advanced economy; ranking very high in the Human Development Index. It ranks favourably in terms of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance, and peacefulness. Lithuania is a member of the European Union, the Council of Europe, eurozone, the Nordic Investment Bank, Schengen Agreement, NATO and OECD. It participates in the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) regional co-operation format and is a permanent observer of the Nordic Council.

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