Lithuanie

The Republic o Lithuanie (Lithuane: Lietuvos Respublika), for ordinar kent as Lithuanie juist, or Liefland, is a kintra in nor-aestren Europe.

Ane o the three Baltic States alang the Baltic Sea, it mairches ontae Latvie tae the north, Belaroushie tae the sooth-aest, Poland tae the sooth, an the Kaliningrad Oblast o Roushie tae the sooth-wast.

Lietuvos Respublika

(Banner) (Coat o Airms)
Naitional ensenyie: Vienybė težydi (Lat Unity Floorish)
Offeicial leid	Lithuane
Caipital an lairgest ceity	Vilnius
Preses	Dalia Grybauskaitė
Prime Meinister	Andrius Kubilius
Area  - Tot  - % watter	Rankit 122t 65,200 km² Nane tae spaek o
Indwallers  - Tot (Julie 2005 est.)  - Density	Rankit 125t 3,596,617 55.2/km²
GDP (PPP)  - Tot (Julie 2005 est.)    - GDP/heid	Rankit 74t (tot) $49.1 billion Rankit 49t (per capita) $14,198
Unthirldom  - Declared  - Recogneised  - Tint Unthirldom  - Declared  - Recogneised	Frae Imperial Roushae 16t Februar 1918 12t Julie 1920 1940 Frae the Soviet Union 11t Mairch 1990 6t September 1991
Siller	Litas (Lt) = 100 Centų (Ct) Euro frae 2007 1€ = 3.45Lt
Time zone  - in summer	EET (UTC+2) EEST (UTC+3)
Naitional sang	Tautiška giesmė
Internet TLD	.lt
Caain code	370

Geography

The lairgest an maist populous o the Baltic states, Lithuanie haes aboot 100 km o saundy coastline, that aboot 38 km o faces the open Baltic Sea. Lithuanie's major wairm-watter port o Klaipėda lees at the nairae mooth o Kuršių marios (Curonian bucht), a shauld bucht raxin sooth tae Kaliningrad.

The chief river, the Nemunas, an a puckle o its tributaries cairies internaitional shippin vessels.

Membership o internaitional bodies

• European Union, 2004
• Cooncil o Europe
• NATO,2003
• Unitit Naitions

Weel-kent Lithuanes

• Dalia Grybauskaitė, European Commissioner 2004-2009.
• Vytautas Landsbergis, Sing Revoliution SAJUDIS, Vilnius, 1989-1993; European Pairlament, 2004-2009.

Ceeties o Lithuanie

• Kaunas
• Klaipeda
• Siauliai
• Panevezys
• Palanga
• Nida
• Sventoji
• Druskininkai

Lithuane sportsmen

• Arvydas Sabonis, Basketbaa, Kaunas Zalgiris.
• Sarunas Jasikevicius, New Orleans, USA.
• Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Basketbaa, Cleveland USA

Fremmit airtins

• http://www.lietuva.lt

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