Lithuania (ltu)

Lithuania

Lithuania ranks 2,089th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Townsville, Montauban, and Telavi. Memorable people born in Lithuania include Mindaugas, Treniota, and Vydūnas. Lithuania has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures. Lithuania is located in Lithuania.

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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of 65,300 km2 (25,200 sq mi), with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians belong to the linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian. Read more on Wikipedia