Country profile: Lithuania

Main facts and figures about Northern European country - Lithuania. Made in 2005.

1. LITHUANIA

2. Lithuania on map

3. Country profile
Country name: Lithuania
Capital:Vilnius
Population: 3,596,617 (July 2005 est.)
Area:65 300 square km
Coastline: 99 km
Flag: The colours of the state flag
are yellow, green and red.
Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea
Highest point: Juozapines hill 292 metres
Ethnic groups: Lithuanian 80.6%, Russian 8.7%, Polish 7%,
Belarusian 1.6%,other 2.1%
Religion:Roman Catholic.
Nationality:Lithuanian(s)
Language:Lithuanian, Polish, Russian
Government type: parliamentary democracy
Currency:Litas (LTL) (5 Lt = 1 GBP)

4. History facts
•First time mentioned in historical documents in 1009
•in the 14th-15th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Central
Europe, extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea
•Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet
union in 1940
•was the first of all the former Soviet republics tobreak away from the Soviet
empire and restore its independence in 1990
•Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into Western
European institutionsandjoined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004

5. Economy overview
•metal-cutting machine tools
•electric motors
•television sets
•refrigerators and freezers
•petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships)
•furniture making, textiles
•food processing
•optical equipment
•electronic components
•computers
•amber
Main industries

6. Economy overview
Main partners:
Russia 22%
Germany 16.2%
Poland 5.2%
Italy 4.3%
France 4.2
Import
Export
Main partners:
Switzerland 11.6%,
Russia 10.1%,
Germany 9.9%,
Latvia 9.7%,
UK 6.4%,
France 5.1%,
Denmark 4.7%,
Estonia 4.3%,
Sweden 4%

7. Economy overview
Export
Commodities:
mineral products 23%
textiles and clothing 16%
machinery and equipment 11%
chemicals 6%
wood and wood products 5%
foodstuffs 5%
Commodities:
mineral products 21%
machinery and equipment 17%
transport equipment 11%
chemicals 9%
textiles and clothing 9%
metals 5%
Import

8. Economy overview
Countries:
Biggest investors
Companies:

9. Economy overview
IT sector
•Over the last seven
years this sector has
grown by more than
100 times
Textiles:
•Over 80 % of these high
quality products are
exported to the EU
•Germany and Great
Britainare the biggest
investors in this field
Food industry:
•53 % of Lithuania
cheese is exported to
the US market
Hi-Tech:
•About 60 % of the world
market for picosecond
and multicolour lasers is
designed and produced
in Vilnius
Some interesting figures

10. Vilnius

11. Vilnius
Vilnius -the largest administrative centre

12. Vilnius
•VILNIUSit is the largest city in the country.
•Now population in Vilnius is about 542.287
•Area of Vilnius is 392 square kilometres.
•Buildings cover 20.2 % of the city and the remaining area is prevailed with
the greenery (43.9 %) and waters (2.1 %).Poles
19%
Lithuanians
57%
Jews
1%
Russians
14%
Byelorusians
4%
other
nationalities
5%

13. Vilnius
Old Vilnius
•One of the largest in Eastern Europe (360 ha).
•The buildings is a mixture of all European architectural
styles
•The Old Town of Vilnius was inscribed on the UNESCO
WorldHeritage List in 1994.
•Vilnius is often called a baroque city, but here you will find
some buildings of gothic, renaissance and other styles.

14. Vilnius
Old Vilnius

15. Old Town
Higher Castle Museum

16. Old Town
Cathedral

17. Old Town
Statues -Grand Duke Gediminas

18. Old Town
St. Ann churche

19. Vilnius
Modern Vilnius

20. Vilnius
Modern Vilnius
…by 2020, Vilniusis set to become the most
modern city in Central and Eastern
Europe and an international centre
for science, culture, business and politics…

21. Kaunas
•Kaunas is the second biggest city in Lithuania with the
population of 415,700
•For twenty years Kaunas was a provisional capital of
Lithuania
•There are over twenty-four thousand students at the
Universities: Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas University
of Technology, Agricultural University, Kaunas Branch of
Vilnius University, as well as Kaunas Medical
Academy, Institute of Physical Training, Veterinary
Academy, Conservatoire, and Kaunas Branch of the
Academy of Arts

22. Kaunas

23. Kaunas

24. Seaside

25. Seaside

26. Seaside
Amber

27. Trakai
Town on water
The medieval capital of Lithuania is situated just 30 km from Vilnius and
surrounded by a chain of lakes

28. National Culture
Clothes

29. National Culture
Food

30. Interesting facts
Hill of Crosses

31. Interesting facts
Gruto park (Stalin World)

32. Interesting facts
Geographical centre of Europe

33. Interesting facts
Darius and Girenas flight

34. Interesting facts
Kairys flight

35. Interesting facts
Frank Zappa sculpture

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