Lithuania
Republic of Lithuania
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About Lithuania
Lithuania is the largest and most southerly of the three Baltic states. The country has over 2800 lakes and an exquisite coastline.The Trakai Historical National Park, 30 kilometres of Vilnius, is known for its majestic countryside and its encapsulates the medieval capital of Lithuania and its surrounding lakes.
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General information
- Capital: Vilnius
- Language: Lithuanian (official), Russian, Polish, other
- Climate: Transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
- Timezone: UTC+2
- Currency: 1 Litas (LTL) = 100 centas
- Electricity plugs: c e (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 3,596,617 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +370
- Toplevel domain .lt
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83.5% of the Lithuanian population are actually ethnic Lithuanians. The rest of the population consists of Polish and Russian minorities
Religion: Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, other
National holiday: Independence Day, 16 February (1918)
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