Lithuania
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| Basic Facts |
| Country name |
conventional long form: Republic of Lithuania
conventional short form: Lithuania local long form: Lietuvos Respublika local short form: Lietuva former: Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Gevernment type | parliamentary democracy |
| Capital |
name: Vilnius
geographic coordinates: 54 41 N, 25 19 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
| Flag description | three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and red |
| Currency | litas (LTL) |
| Internet country code | .lt |
| Ports and terminals | Klaipeda |
| Agriculture products | grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish |
| Industries | metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, television sets, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, electronic components, computers, amber jewelry |
| Geography |
| Location | Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia |
| Coordinates | 56 00 N, 24 00 E |
| Continent | Europe |
| Area |
total: 65,200 sq km
land: NA sq km water: NA sq km |
| Boundaries |
total: 1,613 km
border countries: Belarus 653.5 km, Latvia 588 km, Poland 103.7 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 267.8 km |
| Coastline | 90 km |
| Climate | transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers |
| Terrain | lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil |
| Natural resources | peat, arable land, amber |
| Natural hazards | NA |
| People |
| Population | 3,585,906 (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Lithuanian 83.4%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, other or unspecified 3.6% (2001 census) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Protestant (including Lutheran and Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%, other or unspecified 5.5%, none 9.5% (2001 census) |
| Languages | Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001 census) |
