City: Lithuania
Capital
and largest city: Vilnius
54°41′N 25°19′E / 54.683°N 25.317°E / 54.683; 25.317
Official languages: Lithuanian
Ethnic groups (2015): 86.7% Lithuanians
5.6% Poles
4.8% Russians
1.3% Belarusians
0.7% Ukrainians
0.9% other
Demonym: Lithuanian
Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic
• President: Dalia Grybauskaitė
• Prime Minister: Saulius Skvernelis
• Seimas Speaker: Viktoras Pranckietis
Legislature: Seimas
Independence from Russia / Germany (1918)• First mention of Lithuania: 9 March 1009
• Coronation of Mindaugas: 6 July 1253
• Union with Poland: 2 February 1386
• Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth created: 1 July 1569
• Partitions of the Commonwealth: 24 October 1795
• Independence declared: 16 February 1918
• 1st Soviet occupation: 15 June 1940
• Nazi German occupation: 22 June 1941
• 2nd Soviet occupation: July 1944
• Independence restored: 11 March 1990
• Independence recognized by the Soviet Union: 6 September 1991
• Admitted to the United Nations: 17 September 1991
• Admitted to NATO: 29 March 2004
Area• Total: 65,300 km (25,200 sq mi) (121st)
• Water (%): 1.35
Population• 2017 estimate: 2,810,865 (137th)
• Density: 43/km (111.4/sq mi) (173rd)
GDP (PPP): 2018 estimate
• Total: $95.591 billion
• Per capita: $34,074 (41st)
GDP (nominal): 2018 estimate
• Total: $51.372 billion
• Per capita: $18,312 (49th)
Gini (2015): 37.9
medium
HDI (2015): 0.848
very high · 37th
Currency: Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone: EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST): EEST (UTC+3)
Date format: yyyy-mm-dd (CE)
Drives on the: right
Calling code: +370
ISO 3166 code: LT
Internet TLD: .lt
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1. Plunges Rajono Savivaldybes Viesoji Biblioteka
2. Lietuvos mokslu akademijos Vrublevskiu biblioteka
3. Klaipeda County Ieva Simonaityte Public Library
Klaipeda Lithuania http://www.klavb.lt
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4. Kaunas Vincas Kudirka Public Library
5. KTU Central Library
Gedimino g. 50, Kaunas 44239 Lithuania http://library.ktu.edu/about-library/
