Lithuanie

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.

References

 Fremmit airtins 
 http://www.lietuva.lt 


Category:Kintras in Europe
Category:States an territories established in 1990
Category:Member states o the Unitit Naitions
Category:Member states o NATO