Official Name

Republic of Lithuania

State System

Parliamentary Republic

Capital

Vilnius

State language

Lithuanian

Population

3 491 000

Vote

Universal suffrage since 18 years

Religions

Catholics, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, others

Administrative structure

Lithuania is divided into 10 counties: Alytus, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Marijampolė, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Tauregė, Telšiai, Utena, Vilnius.

Currency

Litas

Location

Lithuania lies in the eastern Europe, on the oast of the Baltic Sea. In the north Lithuania borders with Latvia, in the east and south with Belorus, in the south-west with Poland and with the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation. According to the French National Geographical Institute, Lithuania is the geographic center of Europe.

Area

65 300 sq.km

Climate

The climate of Lithuania is transitional between maritime and continental. In the 12-15 kilometers-wide coastal zone it is maritime, and in the Eastern part of the country it is continental.

Landscape

Lithuania is part of the East European Plain. On the territory of Lithuania hilly uplands alternate with lowland plains.

Highest point

Juozapine Hill: 293,6 m. above sea level