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Republic o Lithuanie

Lietuvos Respublika
AnthemTautiška giesmė
Naitional Hymn
Locator map o Lithuanie
Location o  Lithuanie  (dark green)

– on the European continent  (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend]

Caipital Vilnius
54°41′N 25°19′E / 54.683°N 25.317°E / 54.683; 25.317
Lairgest ceetycapital
Offeecial leidsLithuanie
Ethnic groups
(2011[1])
Demonym(s)Lithuanie
GovrenmentPairlamentary republic[2]
• Preses
Gitanas Nausėda
Ingrida Šimonytė
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
LegislaturSeimas
Unthirldom frae Roushie / Germany (1918)
9 March 1009
• Coronation o Mindaugas
6 Julie 1253
2 February 1386
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)positive decrease 32.0[6]
medium
HDI (2013)Increase 0.818[7]
verra heich · 41st
CurrencyEuro € (EUR)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
Date formatyyyy-mm-dd (CE)
Drivin sidericht
Cawin code+370
ISO 3166 codeLT
Internet TLD.lta
  1. An aa .eu, shared wi other European Union member states.

Coordinates: 55°N 24°E / 55°N 24°E / 55; 24

Territorial organization

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

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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

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Weel-kent Lithuanes

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  • 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

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Ceeties:

Touns:

  • Palanga
  • Druskininkai
  • Alytus
  • Marijampolė
  • Ukmergė
  • Tauragė
  • Kretinga
  • Trakai
  • Birštonas
  • Kelmė

Lithuane sportsmen

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  • 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

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  1. "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.
  2. Nutarimas Archived 2013-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Constitutional Coort o Lithuanie, 1998.
  3. Number of population Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Statistics Lithuania.
  4. 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.
  5. a b c d "Lithuania". International Monetary Fund. 2014. Retrieved 18 Februar 2014.
  6. "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)". Eurostat Data Explorer. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 5 Januar 2014.
  7. "Human Development Report 2011" (PDF). United Nations. 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

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