# Lithuanie

| Republic o Lithuanie *Lietuvos Respublika* |
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| **Anthem:Tautiška giesmė* *Naitional Hymn*  |
| Location o  Lithuanie  (dark green)– on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend] |
| Caipital |  Vilnius ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Lairgest ceety | capital |
| Offeecial leids | Lithuanie |
| Ethnic groups (2011) | * 84.1% Lithuanies
* 6.6% Poles
* 5.8% Roushies
* 1.2% Belaroushies
* 0.5% Ukrainians
* 0.1% Jews
* 0.1% Tatars
* 0.1% Germans
* 0.1% Romani
* 0.1% Latvians
* 1.3% ithers / unspecified
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| Demonym(s) | Lithuanie |
| Govrenment | Pairlamentary republic |
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| • Preses  | Gitanas Nausėda |
| • Prime Meenister  | Ingrida Šimonytė |
| • Seimas Speaker  | Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen |
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| Legislatur | Seimas |
| Unthirldom frae Roushie / Germany (1918) |
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| • First mention o Lithuanie | 9 March 1009 |
| • Coronation o Mindaugas  | 6 Julie 1253 |
| • Union wi Poland  | 2 February 1386 |
| • Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth created  | 1 Julie 1569 |
| • Pairteetions o the Commonwealth  | 24 October 1795 |
| • Unthirldom declared | 16 February 1918 |
| • 1st Soviet occupation  | 15 Juin 1940 |
| • Nazi German occupation | 22 Juin 1941 |
| • 2nt Soviet occupation  | Julie 1944 |
| • Unthirldom restored  | 11 Mairch 1990 |
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| • Total | 65,300 km2 (25,200 sq mi) (123rd) |
| • Water (%) | 1.35 |
| Population |
| • 2014 estimate | 2,944,459 (138t) |
| • 2011 census | 3,043,429 |
| • Density | 50.3/km2 (130.3/sq mi) (120t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2014 estimate |
| • Total | $70.840 billion |
| • Per capita | $23,850 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
| • Tot | $49.308 billion |
| • Per capita | $16,600 |
| Gini (2012) |  32.0 medium |
| HDI (2013) |  0.818 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 |
| 1. An aa .eu, shared wi other European Union member states.
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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

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

* European Union, 2004
* Cooncil o Europe
* NATO, 2004
* Unitit Naitions

## Weel-kent Lithuanes

* 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

Ceeties:

* Vilnius
* Kaunas
* Klaipėda
* Šiauliai
* Panevėžys

Touns:

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

## Lithuane sportsmen

* 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.

## Fremmit airtins

*  Archived 2005-09-01 at the Wayback Machine