Republic of Lithuania

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since 1990 · up to 65 thousand km² · Eastern Europe & Russia, Europe

Capital: Vilnius (1939–…), Kaunas (1920–1939)

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), and has a population of 2.9 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys.

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Predecessors: Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Events on its territory

• 1989 Baltic Way