| Europe > Northern Europe > Lithuania | |
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| Official Name Republic of Lithuania | |
| Region Europe | |
| Sub-Region Northern Europe | |
| Capital Vilnius | |
| Currency Lithuanian Litas (EUR) | |
| Independence Day 16 Feb 1918: Act of Independence of Lithuania: Independence from the Russian and German Empires in February 1918. 11 Mar 1990: Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania: independence from the Soviet Union in March 1990. | |
| Population 2,939,431 | |
| Nationality Lithuanian | |
| Ethnic Group 86.7% Lithuanians, 5.6% Poles, 4.8% Russians, 1.3% Belarusians, 0.7% Ukrainians, 0.1% Jews, 0.1% Tatars, 0.1% Germans, 0.1% Romani, 0.1% Latvians, 0.5% others / unspecified | |
| Area 65,300 km2 | |
| Neighbor Countries Belarus, Latvia, Poland, Russia | |
| Time Zone EET (UTC+2) | |
| Geo Location Latitude 56.00, Longitude 24.00 | |
| Dialing Code +370 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code LT | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code LTU | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 440 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee LTU | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .lt | |