Lithuanie
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The Republic o Lithuanie (Lithuane: Lietuvos Respublika), kent braidly as juist Lithuanie, is a kintra in nor'-eastren Europe.
Ane o the three Baltic States at the Baltic Sea, it mairches wi Latvie tae the north, Belaroushie tae the sooth-east, Poland tae the sooth, an the Kaliningrad Oblast o Roushie tae the sooth-wast.
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Geography
The maist muckle an populous o the Baltic states, Lithuanie haes aboot 100 km o saundy coastline, aboot 38 km o't faces the appen Baltic Sea. Lithuanie's major wairm-watter port o Klaipėda is at the nairae mooth o Kuršių marios (Curonian bucht), a shauld bucht raxin sooth tae Kaliningrad.
The chief river, the Nemunas, an a puckle o its tributaries cairies internaitional shippin vessels.
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Membership o internaitional bodies
- European Union, 2004
- Cooncil o Europe
- NATO, 2004
- Unitit Naitions
Weel-kent Lithuanes
- Dalia Grybauskaitė, European Commissioner 2004-2009, Preses o Lithuanie (2009-2019).
- Vytautas Landsbergis, owergang the Sangin Revolution o Lithuanie. Foonder o unthirldom organization Sąjūdis. Heid o the umwhile Heid-Cooncil - Reconstituent Seimas o Lithuanie (1989-1993); European Pairlament, 2004-2009.
Ceeties an touns o Lithuanie
Ceeties:
Touns:
- Palanga
- Druskininkai
- Alytus
- Marijampolė
- Ukmergė
- Tauragė
- Kretinga
- Trakai
- Birštonas
- Kelmė
Lithuane sportsmen
- Arvydas Sabonis, Basketbaa, Žalgiris Kaunas (Sportsman, preses o Lithuane Basketbaa Federation)
- Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Basketbaa, Žalgiris Kaunas (Sportsman, coach)
- Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Basketbaa, Cleveland, Unitit States (Sportsman, manager)
- Rūta Meilutytė, Souming, Olympic Gemmes gowd winner.
- Ričardas Berankis, Caitch player.
References
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