Facts about Lithuania and its people

LOCATION. AREA. BORDERS From the cartographic point of view, Lithuania is a Central European rather than an Eastern European country, as is sometimes groundlessly claimed. Located in the center of Europe, Lithuania is situated at one of the largest crossroads of the continent.
Lithuania is one of the states in the East ringing the Baltic Sea. It ‘s the Centre of Europe (18 km from Vilnius). To the north it borders on the Republic of Latvia to the east and south it borders on Byelorussia, to the southwest - on Poland and on districal of Kaliningrad. Administratively, Lithuania is divided into 44 regions, and 52 districts;there are 92 cities and 22 urban-type settlements.
The length of sea coastline is 99km. The coast is covered by sand beaches and coastal dunes. At the south coast is the Courtland lagoon.
POPPULATION AND IT’S KOMPOSITION
• Lithuanians - 80%,
• Russians -8,9%,
• Poles - 7.3%,
• Belorussians - 1.7%
• Ukrainians - 0.9%,
• Jews - 0.4%. Latvians,
• Tatars, Gypsies, Germans make up 0,1%.
POLITICAL AND NATIONAL STRUCTURE
• The state of Lithuania is an independent, democratic republic. The state power in Lithuania belongs to the Seimas (Parliament), President of the Republic, Government and Court. Powers are limited according to the constitution, adopted in 1992 by a referendum. The territory of the state is one and not divisible.
CLIMATE
• Climate is transitional between maritime and continental. The average annual temperature is about 60 C. The average temperature of January is -4.80 C. The average temperature of July is 17.20 C, fluctuates from 16.50 C to 17.60 C. The greatest amount of precipitation falls in August, at the seaside - in October. The vegetation season in Lithuania lasts from 169 to 202 days.
LITHUANIAN FOOD TRADITIONS
• Lithuanians like to eat good, tasty and filling foods. The tradition of eating well is inherited from the ancestors who...

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