Total area: 65 300 km²

Highest point:
Juozapine 294m

Biggest lake:
Druksciai 44.8km2

Longest river:
Nemunas 937km (475 in Lithuania)

Lithuania is divided is 4 regions:

AUKSTAITIJA (Vilnus) – the largest region covers the north, east and the middle of the country. The region contains pristine forests and beautiful lakes and has largely managed to retain its unspoiled charm.

DZUKIJA (Alytus) – the southern region of the country sits astride the Nemunas (River) and borders Poland and Belarus. The people here are characterised by their optimism and their love for songs, while also having successfully preserved many older traditions.

SUVALKIJA (Marijampole) is the smallest region. The countryside here is flat and covered with small farmsteads, circled by trees. The Suvalkijans are renowned for their efficiency, pragmatism, law abiding nature and occasionally a touch of miserliness.

ZEMAITIJA (Telsiai) – (historically called Samogitia). The people here are well known for being industrious and a large number of jokes also testify to their reputed stubbornness. The Zemaitians are said to be notoriously slow to accept change, but once accepted, they embrace it fully. The region is well known in Lithuania for its dairy produce and for its short but strong and energetic Zemaitukai horse.

Lithuania (also Lietuva) is the largest of the Baltic countries and borders with Latvia, Belarus, Poland and the Russian Federation. The country has beautiful nature - almost 30 % of its territory is covered by forests, also there are many rivers, streams and over 3000 lakes.

Lithuania is a true paradise for the nature lovers; there are five national and thirty regional parks offering tourist attractions such as boating, bird-watching sport fishing, horseback riding etc.

Status
Republic

Capital
Vilnius

Currency
litas

Spoken languages
lithuanian, russian

1st January - New Year’s Day
16th February – Independence Day
11th March – Day of Re-establishment of the Independence of Lithuania
12-13th April – Easter Days
1st May – International Labor Day
3rd May – Mother’s Day
23-24th June – Midsummer Days
6th July - Day of the Coronation of King Mindaugas
15th August - Assumption Day
1st November - All Saints’ Day
25-26th December – Christmas Days