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LITHUANIA

Population: 3.4 million

Teritory: 65 200 sq. km

Form of government: Parliamentary republic

President: Valdas Adamkus

Official language: Lithuanian

Monetary unit: Litas (1 Centas = 1/100 Litas) = 0.29 EUR

Neighbour countries and waters:
- Latvia (North, North-East)
- Belarus (East, South-East, South)
- Poland (South-West)
- Russia - Kaliningrad District (South-West)
- Baltic Sea (West)

Administrative territorial division:
- 10 counties (apskrytis)
- 60 regions (rajonas)
- 550 districts (seniūnija)

National capital: Vilnius

Other major cities: Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevežys

Ethnical composition:
- Lithuanian: 83.5 %
- Polish: 6.7 %
- Russian: 6.3 %
- Belarussian: 1.2 %
- Other: 1.2 %

National parks:
- Aukštaitija National Park
- Dzūkija National Park
- Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park
- Trakai National Park
- Žemaitija National Park