Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania ranks 51st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Colombia, Slovenia, and Latvia. Memorable people born in present day Lithuania include Władysław II Jagiełło, Józef Piłsudski, and Vytautas. Memorable people who died in Lithuania include Władysław IV Vasa, Vytautas, and Gediminas. Lithuania has been the birth place of many politicians and basketball players and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of 65,300 km2 (25,200 sq mi), with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. Read more on Wikipedia