Lithuanie
Republic o Lithuanie Lietuvos Respublika | |
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Location o Lithuanie (dark green) – on the European continent (green & dark grey) | |
Caipital | Vilnius 54°41′N 25°19′E / 54.683°N 25.317°E |
Lairgest ceety | capital |
Offeecial leids | Lithuanie |
Ethnic groups (2011[1]) |
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Demonym(s) | Lithuanie |
Govrenment | Pairlamentary republic[2] |
• Preses | Gitanas Nausėda |
Ingrida Šimonytė | |
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen | |
Legislatur | Seimas |
Unthirldom frae Roushie / Germany (1918) | |
9 March 1009 | |
• Coronation o Mindaugas | 6 Julie 1253 |
2 February 1386 | |
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth created | 1 Julie 1569 |
24 October 1795 | |
16 February 1918 | |
15 Juin 1940 | |
22 Juin 1941 | |
Julie 1944 | |
11 Mairch 1990 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 65,300 km2 (25,200 sq mi) (123rd) |
• Water (%) | 1.35 |
Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 2,944,459[3] (138t) |
• 2011 census | 3,043,429[4] |
• Density | 50.3/km2 (130.3/sq mi) (120t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2014 estimate |
• Total | $70.840 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $23,850[5] |
GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
• Tot | $49.308 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $16,600[5] |
Gini (2012) | 32.0[6] medium |
HDI (2013) | 0.818[7] verra heich · 41st |
Currency | Euro € (EUR) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Date format | yyyy-mm-dd (CE) |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +370 |
ISO 3166 code | LT |
Internet TLD | .lta |
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Coordinates: 55°N 24°E / 55°N 24°E
The Republic o Lithuanie (Lithuane: Lietuvos Respublika), kent braidly as juist Lithuanie, is a kintra in nor'-eastren Europe.
Ane o the three Baltic States at the Baltic Sea, it mairches wi Latvie tae the north, Belaroushie tae the sooth-east, Poland tae the sooth, an the Kaliningrad Oblast o Roushie tae the sooth-wast.
Geography
[eedit | eedit soorce]The maist muckle an populous o the Baltic states, Lithuanie haes aboot 100 km o saundy coastline, aboot 38 km o't faces the appen Baltic Sea. Lithuanie's major wairm-watter port o Klaipėda is at the nairae mooth o Kuršių marios (Curonian bucht), a shauld bucht raxin sooth tae Kaliningrad.
The chief river, the Nemunas, an a puckle o its tributaries cairies internaitional shippin vessels.
Membership o internaitional bodies
[eedit | eedit soorce]- European Union, 2004
- Cooncil o Europe
- NATO, 2004
- Unitit Naitions
Weel-kent Lithuanes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Dalia Grybauskaitė, European Commissioner 2004-2009, Preses o Lithuanie (2009-2019).
- Vytautas Landsbergis, owergang the Sangin Revolution o Lithuanie. Foonder o unthirldom organization Sąjūdis. Heid o the umwhile Heid-Cooncil - Reconstituent Seimas o Lithuanie (1989-1993); European Pairlament, 2004-2009.
Ceeties an touns o Lithuanie
[eedit | eedit soorce]Ceeties:
Touns:
- Palanga
- Druskininkai
- Alytus
- Marijampolė
- Ukmergė
- Tauragė
- Kretinga
- Trakai
- Birštonas
- Kelmė
Lithuane sportsmen
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Arvydas Sabonis, Basketbaa, Žalgiris Kaunas (Sportsman, preses o Lithuane Basketbaa Federation)
- Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Basketbaa, Žalgiris Kaunas (Sportsman, coach)
- Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Basketbaa, Cleveland, Unitit States (Sportsman, manager)
- Rūta Meilutytė, Souming, Olympic Gemmes gowd winner.
- Ričardas Berankis, Caitch player.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Population at the beginning of the year by ethnicity". DB1.stat.gov.lt. Statistics Lithuania. Archived frae the original on 1 Januar 2016. Retrieved 2 Julie 2012.
- ↑ Nutarimas Archived 2013-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Constitutional Coort o Lithuanie, 1998.
- ↑ Number of population Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Statistics Lithuania.
- ↑ Lithuanian 2011 Population Census in Brief (PDF). Statistics Lithuania. 2012. ISBN 978-9955-797-17-3. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 5 Julie 2014.
- ↑ a b c d "Lithuania". International Monetary Fund. 2014. Retrieved 18 Februar 2014.
- ↑ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)". Eurostat Data Explorer. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 5 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2011" (PDF). United Nations. 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
Fremmit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- http://www.lietuva.lt Archived 2005-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
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