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AXEL MAASS

Republic of Lithuania Lietuvos Respublika

Anthem: Tautiška giesmė

Capitaland largest city		Vilnius 54°41′N 25°19′E
Official languages		Lithuanian
Ethnic groups (2011[1])		84.1% Lithuanians 6.6% Poles 5.8% Russians 1.2% Belarusians 0.5% Ukrainians 0.1% Jews 0.1% Tatars 0.1% Germans 0.1% Romani 0.1% Latvians 1.3% others / unspecified
Demonym		Lithuanian
Government		Parliamentary republic [2]
-	President	Dalia Grybauskaitė
-	Prime Minister	Algirdas Butkevičius
-	Seimas Speaker	Loreta Graužinienė
Legislature		Seimas
Independence from Russia / Germany (1918)
-	First mention of Lithuania	9 March 1009
-	Coronation of Mindaugas	6 July 1253
-	Union with Poland	2 February 1386
-	Polish–LithuanianCommonwealth created	1 July 1569
-	Partitions of the Commonwealth	24 October 1795
-	Independence declared	16 February 1918
-	1st Soviet occupation	15 June 1940
-	Nazi German occupation	22 June 1941
-	2nd Soviet occupation	July 1944
-	Independence restored	11 March 1990
Area
-	Total	65,300 km2 (123rd)25,212 sq mi
-	Water (%)	1.35
Population
-	2013 estimate	2,955,986[3] (133rd)
-	2011 census	3,043,429[4]
-	Density	50.3/km2 (120th)141.2/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2013 estimate
-	Total	$67.432 billion[5]
-	Per capita	$22,566[5]
GDP (nominal)		2013 estimate
-	Total	$46.714 billion[5]
-	Per capita	$15,632[5]
Gini (2011)		32.9[6]medium
HDI (2013)		0.818[7]very high · 41st
Currency		Lithuanian litas (Lt) (LTL)
Time zone		EET (UTC+2)
-	Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Date format		yyyy-mm-dd (CE)
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+370
ISO 3166 code		LT
Internet TLD		.lta
a.	Also .eu, shared with other European Union member states.