Lithuania

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The Republic o Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika), for ordinar kent as Lithuania (Lietuva) juist, is a kintra in nor-aestren Europe.

Ane o the three Baltic States alang the Baltic Sea, it mairches ontae Latvia tae the north, Beloroushae tae the sooth-aest, Poland tae the sooth, an the Kaliningrad Oblast o Roushae tae the sooth-wast.

Lietuvos Respublika
Flag o Lithuania Lithuania: Coat o Airms
(Flag) (Coat o Airms)
Naitional ensenyie: Vienybė težydi (Lat Unity Floorish)
image:LocationLithuania.png
Offeicial leid Lithuanian
Caipital an lairgest ceity Vilnius
Preses Valdas Adamkus
Prime Meinister Algirdas Brazauskas
Area
 - Tot
 - % watter
Rankit 122t
65,200 km²
Nane tae spaek o
Indwallers
 - Tot (Julie 2005 est.)
 - Density
Rankit 125t
3,596,617
55.2/km²
GDP (PPP)
 - Tot (Julie 2005 est.)
 
 - GDP/heid
Rankit 74t (tot)
$49.1 billion
Rankit 49t (per capita)
$14,198
Unthirldom
 - Declared
 - Recogneised
 - Tint
Unthirldom
 - Declared
 - Recogneised
Frae Imperial Roushae
16t Februar 1918
12t Julie 1920
1940
Frae the Soviet Union
11t Mairch 1990
6t September 1991
Siller Litas (Lt) = 100 Centų (Ct)
Euro frae 2007
1€ = 3.45Lt
Time zone
 - in summer
EET (UTC+2)
EEST (UTC+3)
Naitional sang Tautiška giesmė
Internet TLD .lt
Caain code 370

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[edit] Geography

The lairgest an maist populous o the Baltic states, Lithuania haes aboot 100 km o saundie coastline, that aboot 38 km o faces the open Baltic Sea. Lithuania's major waurm-watter port o Klaipėda lees at the nairae mooth o Kuršių marios (Curonian Lagoon), a shauld lagoon raxin sooth tae Kaliningrad.

The chief river, the Nemunas, an a puckle o its tributaries cairies internaitional shippin vessels.

[edit] Membership o internaitional bodies

[edit] Weel-kent Lithuanians

  • Dalia Grybauskaitė, European Commissioner 2004-2009.
  • Vytautas Landsbergis, Sing Revoliution SAJUDIS, Vilnius, 1989-1993; European Pairlament, 2004-2009.

[edit] Ceitis o Lithuania

  • Kaunas
  • Klaipeda
  • Siauliai
  • Panevezys
  • Palanga
  • Nida
  • Sventoji
  • Druskininkai

[edit] Lithuanian sportsmen

  • Arvydas Sabonis, Basketbaa, Kaunas Zalgiris.
  • Sarunas Jasikevicius, New Orleans, USA.


[edit] Fremmit airtins