page_title: Outline of Lithuania
section_title: Geography of Lithuania
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Lithuania / Geography of Lithuania
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Lithuania:
  Lithuania – sovereign country located in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Situated along the south-eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, sharing borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of the Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest. Lithuania is a member of NATO, OECD and of the European Union. Its population is about 2.8 million. The largest city and capital is Vilnius.
  During the 14th century, Lithuania was the largest country in Europe, as present-day Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia were territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With the Lublin Union of 1569 Poland and Lithuania formed a new state: the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which was finally destroyed by its neighboring countries in 1795. Most of Lithuania's territory was annexed by the Russian Empire, until the Act of Independence was signed on 16 February 1918, which declared re-establishment of a sovereign state. Between 1940 and 1945 Lithuania was occupied by both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany at different times.
context_section_description: Geography of Lithuania
  Lithuania is: a country
  Location:
  Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  Eurasia
  Europe
  Northern Europe
  Eastern Europe
  Time zone:  Eastern European Time (UTC+02), Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03)
  Extreme points of Lithuania
  High:  Aukštojas Hill 294 m (965 ft)
  Low:  Nemunas delta −1.3 m (−4 ft)
  Land boundaries:  1,574 km
   Belarus 680 km
   Latvia 576 km
   Russia 227 km
   Poland 91 km
  Coastline:  Baltic Sea 90 km
  Population of Lithuania: 3,361,100 (1 April 2008)  – 130th most populous country
  Area of Lithuania: 65,200 km²
  Atlas of Lithuania
caption: An enlargeable relief map of Lithuania
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