Coonties o Lithuanie

The territory o Lithuanie is dealt intae **10 coonties** (Lithuanie: singular *apskritis*, plural *apskritys*), aw cried efter their caipitals. The coonties are dealt intae 60 municipalities (Lithuanie: singular *savivaldybė*, plural *savivaldybės*): 9 city municipalities, 43 destrict municipalities an 8 municipalities. Ilka municipality is then dealt intae elderates (Lithuanie: singular *seniūnija*, plural *seniūnijos*). This division wis creatit in 1994 an slichtly modified in 2000.

Coonties are administered bi coonty govrenors (Lithuanie: singular – *apskrities viršininkas*, plural – *apskrities viršininkai*) that are appointit bi the central govrenment in Vilnius. Their primary duty is tae ensur that the municipalities obey the laws an the Constitution o Lithuanie. Thay dinnae hae great pouers vestit in them, an sae it is suggestit that 10 coonties are too hintle for Lithuanie as the twa smawest coonties administer anely fower municipalities. There is a proposal tae replace the coonties wi fower or five lands, a new administrative unit, that wid be decidit accordin tae the ethnographic regions o Lithuanie an based on the 5 major ceeties wi the population mair nor 100,000. On 1 Julie 2010, the coonty administrations wur abolished, an sin that date, coonties remain as the territorial an statistical units.

Modren *apskritys* shuidnae be ramfeeselt wi *apskritys* that existit in the independent Lithuanie durin the interwar period. At that time Lithuanie haed a twa-step administrative division: *apskritys* that wur subdividit intae *valsčius*. Lithuanie nou haes a three-step division: coonties, municipalities, an elderates (*apkritys*, *savivaldybės*, an *seniūnijos*). 

## Map
This map shows coonties as weel as municipalities. Aicht city municipalities an twa municipalities are markit bi numbers:

## Leet


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| 3
| Klaipėda Coonty  ( • info) 
| Klaipėda 
| 5,209 (7)
| 385,768
| 337,286 (3)
| 64.8 (3)
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*Klaipėda ceety municipality
*Klaipėda destrict municipality
*Kretinga destrict municipality
*Neringa municipality
*Palanga city municipality
*Skuodas district municipality
*Šilutė district municipality

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| 4
| Marijampolė Coonty  ( • info) 
| Marijampolė 
| 4,463 (8)
| 188,634
| 160,978 (6)
| 36.1 (4)
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*Kalvarija municipality
*Kazlų Rūda municipality
*Marijampolė municipality
*Šakiai destrict municipality
*Vilkaviškis destrict municipality

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| 5
| Panevėžys Coonty  ( • info) 
| Panevėžys 
| 7,881 (4)
| 299,990
| 254,218 (5)
| 32.3 (7)
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*Biržai destrict municipality
*Kupiškis destrict municipality
*Panevėžys ceety municipality
*Panevėžys destrict municipality
*Pasvalys destrict municipality
*Rokiškis destrict municipality

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| 6
| Šiauliai Coonty  ( • info) 
| Šiauliai 
| 8,540 (2)
| 370,096
| 305,792 (4)
| 35.8 (5)
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*Akmenė destrict municipality
*Joniškis destrict municipality
*Kelmė destrict municipality
*Pakruojis destrict municipality
*Radviliškis destrict municipality
*Šiauliai ceety municipality
*Šiauliai destrict municipality

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| 7
| Tauragė Coonty  ( • info) 
| Tauragė 
| 4,411 (9)
| 134,275
| 109,790 (10)
| 24.9 (9)
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*Jurbarkas destrict municipality
*Pagėgiai municipality
*Šilalė destrict municipality
*Tauragė destrict municipality

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| 8
| Telšiai Coonty  ( • info) 
| Telšiai 
| 4,350 (10)
| 179,885
| 153,388 (8)
| 35.3 (6)
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*Mažeikiai destrict municipality
*Plungė destrict municipality
*Rietavas municipality
*Telšiai destrict municipality

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| 9
| Utena Coonty  ( • info) 
| Utena 
| 7,201 (5)
| 185,962
| 150,598 (9)
| 20.9 (10)
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*Anykščiai destrict municipality
*Ignalina destrict municipality
*Molėtai destrict municipality
*Utena destrict municipality
*Visaginas municipality
*Zarasai destrict municipality

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| 10
| Vilnius Coonty   ( • info) 
| Vilnius
| 9,729 (1)
| 850,064
| 810,651 (1)
| 83.3 (1)
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*Elektrėnai municipality
*Šalčininkai destrict municipality
*Širvintos destrict municipality
*Švenčionys destrict municipality
*Trakai destrict municipality
*Ukmergė destrict municipality
*Vilnius ceety municipality
*Vilnius destrict municipality
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## See an aw
*Subdiveesions o Lithuanie
*Municipalities o Lithuanie
*Elderships o Lithuanie
*ISO 3166-2:LT

## References