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Lithuania in brief
Lithuania is located in Northern Europe, on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
Information
Total area: 65,300 km2 (longest distance from north to south – 276 km, from east to west – 373 km).
Neighboring countries: Latvia, Belarus, Poland, Russia.
Borderline:
- 1732 km in total;
- 677 km with Belarus;
- 104 km with Poland;
- 255 km of land border and 40 km of sea border with the Russian Federation;
- 588 km of land border and 22 km of sea border with Latvia.
Coastline: 90, 66 km of the Baltic Sea coast with 4 Blue flag beaches in Palanga, Nida, Juodkrantė and Smiltynė.
Forest covers 30 % of the land area.
Average temperature: July is +17°C, in January – -4.9°C.
International relations: Lithuania is a member of NATO, EU and Schengen area.
Population of Lithuania in 2020
Population: 2 794 329
Major cities population:
- 562,030 in Vilnius
- 289,380 in Kaunas
- 149,157 in Klaipėda
Ethnic groups:
- 86,4 % Lithuanian,
- 5,7 % Polish,
- 4,5 % Russian,
- 3,4 % others (Ukranian, Belorussian etc.).
Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic, other confessions include Russian Orthodox, Protestant, Muslim, etc.