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World > Europe > Lithuania
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Lithuania |
Introduction:
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Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into Western European institutions; it joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.
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| Official name: |
Republic of Lithuania |
| Capital: |
name: Vilnius
geographic coordinates: 54 41 N, 25 19 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
| Government type: |
parliamentary democracy |
| Population: |
3,575,439 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages: |
Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001 census) |
| Official Currency: |
Lithuanian Litas (LTL)
Current Lithuanian Litas Exchange Rates
Historical Lithuanian Litas Exchange Rates
Chart Lithuanian Litas Exchange Rates |
| Currency code: |
LTL |
| Area: |
total: 65,200 sq km
land: NA sq km
water: NA sq km |
| Climate: |
transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers |
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Map of Lithuania
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