General Information
Area: 65,200 sq km
Population: 3,596,617 (July
2005 est.)
Capital: Vilnius
Ethnicity / Race: Lithuanian
83.4%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, other or unspecified
3.6% (2001 census)
Independence: 11 March 1990
(independence declared from Soviet Union); 6 September
1991 (Soviet Union recognizes Lithuania's independence)
Language: Lithuanian (official)
82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified
4.4% (2001 census)
Currency: xxxxx
Religion: Roman Catholic 79%,
Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Protestant (including Lutheran
and Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%, other
or unspecified 5.5%, none 9.5% (2001 census)
Time: GMT + 2 (daylight saving
time GMT + 3 from 29 Mar to 26 Sep)
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz.
European two-pin plugs are in use.
Communications: Telephone system: general
assessment: inadequate, but is being modernized
to provide an improved international capability
and better residential access
Domestic: a national, fiber-optic
cable, interurban, trunk system is nearing completion;
rural exchanges are being improved and expanded;
mobile cellular systems are being installed; access
to the Internet is available; still many unsatisfied
telephone subscriber applications
Landline connections to Latvia and Poland; major
international connections to Denmark, Sweden,
and Norway by submarine cable for further transmission
by satellite
International: country code
- 370
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