LITHUANIA

Area:65,300 sq.kmPopulation:3,707,200Populationdensity:56.8 per Sq. km.

• The total length of the inland borders is 1,609 km,• Coastline 99 km.• Neighbours: Latvia ,Belarus, Poland and Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation.• From east to west the country is 373 km, and from south to north 276 km.

Borders, neighboursLithuania

•There are no mountains in Lithuania, just uplands and lowland plains. •There are over 4000 lakes and 722 rivers.

LandscapeLithuania

CapitalLithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Largest cities by population

Vilnius580,100

Kaunas(418,700)

Klaipeda (203,300)

Siauliai(147,000)

Panevezys(133,300)

Transitional, between maritime and continental. Average temperatures: yearly 6.7°C; January -4.9°C; July 17°C; It can be as high as +30°C in summer and as low as -32°C in winter. Humidity: 78%. Any season, don't forget your umbrella.

Climate Lithuania

Lithuania

The state flag was created in 1918. The colours of the flag symbolise: yellow - the sun, light and prosperity; green - the Lithuanian landscape, hope and joy; red - the colour of the earth, life and blood. It symbolises the nation's courage in the struggle for freedom.

Flag

The Lithuanian knight, called Vytis, is one of the oldest state emblems in Europe. It dates back to 1366.

State Emblem

The Seimas (Parliament) is the highest body of state power. The Government is composed of the Prime Minister and 14 ministers.

Government -

Parliamentary republic

Lithuania

Valdas Adamkus was elected President of the Republic of Lithuania.

President of LithuaniaLithuania

8,2%

81,3%

6,9% 1,5%2,1%

Lihuanian Russian Polish Belarusian Others

Ethnic compositionLithuania

Ethnic variations

Aukstaitija

Dzukija

Zemaitija

Suvalkija

Lithuania

Lithuania

SAMOGITIAN TRADITIONAL FOODSLithuania

BACON BUNSHERRING ONION SOUP

SOUR CREAM BUTTER

• BLACK RYE BREAD• CURD CHEESE • FLAX SEED SALT• BREAD DRINK

SAMOGITIAN TRADITIONAL FOODSLithuania

Lithuania

Stuffed potato dumplings(CEPELINAI [tsepelinai])

Litas is the national money. The current exchange rate is 1EUR = 3,45 LTL.

Money Lithuania

LITHUANIAN GOLD - AMBERIt may be called Baltic gold,

but it isn't always yellow. It can also be brown, white, blue or black. Sometimes it has dead bugs inside. It may be up to 50 million years old. It is mined on the Baltic coast and can also be washed up on the beach after a storm.

Lithuania

Lithuanian is an archaic language. Of all the living Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is the most similar to Sanskrit. The 32-letter Lithuanian alphabet is Latin based.

LanguageLithuania

thank you = aciu;please = prasom;yes = taip; love = myliu;bread = duona;

Some vital items of vocabulary:

no = ne;excuse me = atsiprasau; hello = labas;goodbye = viso.

NidaPalangaPalangaGintaro muziejus

KlaipedaNemunas KaunasSiauliaiTrakai

Lithuania

TELSIAI COUNTYand

ZEMAITIJA COLLEGE IN RIETAVAS

VilniusKaunas

Klaipeda

Siauliai

Panevezys

Telsiai

Mazeikiai

Rietavas

Telsiai County is located in the northwest of Lithuania and covers the Northern part of Zemaitija (Samogitia) ethnographic region. The county has border on Latvia.

Telsiai County consists of Mazeikiai, Plunge, Telsiai, districts’ municipalities and Rietavas municipality.

Klaipeda

SiauliaiTelsiai

Mazeikiai

Rietavas

SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT TELSIAI COUNTY (1)

•Telsiai County area – 4350 sq.km;•Population – 179885 (85275 men and 94610 women);•Telsiai is the administrative center of Telsiai County;•Telsiai – the capital of Zemaitija (Samogitia) and the Bishopric center;

SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT TELSIAI COUNTY (2)

• From the County center Telsiai to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius – 285 km;

• From Telsiai to Palanga international airport – 82 km;

• From County center to Klaipeda seaport – 80 km;

• Distances from Rietavas are 20km shorter.

SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT TELSIAI COUNTY (3)

The main spheres of economic activities:

• Industry (milk processing, oil processing)

• Service • Agriculture

(breeding, growing of cultivated plants)

SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT TELSIAI COUNTY (4)

• Telsiai County has a seminary, a branch of art academy and 2 colleges where study over 2000 students;

• There are 6 museums in Telsiai County;

SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT TELSIAI COUNTY (5)

• The country landscape with its low hills, lots of lakes and meandrous rivers, green forests, bigger and smaller towns is favourable for foreign tourists;

• Zemaitija National Park – one of the richest natural places;

• County has two Regional parks – Varniai Regional Park and Venta Regional Park.

There are very good conditions to develop tourism in Telsiai County. A lot of Lithuanian and foreign tourists like to visit this beautiful land.

VilniusKaunas

Klaipeda

Siauliai

Panevezys

Telsiai

Mazeikiai

Rietavas

Rietavas

Rietavas

It's a small town (population in western part of Lithuania, not so far from the Baltic sea, situated on both sides of river Jura (which in Lithuanian means "sea"). Easily accessible from the highway Kaunas-Klaipeda.For the first time Rietavas manor was mentioned in written sources in the year 1253.

It's a small town (population in western part of Lithuania, not so far from the Baltic sea, situated on both sides of river Jura (which in Lithuanian means "sea"). Easily accessible from the highway Kaunas-Klaipeda.For the first time Rietavas manor was mentioned in written sources in the year 1253.

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