Lithuania

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300292340
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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Lithuania

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Lithuania (Europe)

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Introduction ::Lithuania

Background

Lithuanian lands were united under MINDAUGAS in 1236; over

the next century, through alliances and conquest, Lithuania

extended its territory to include most of present-day Belarus and

Ukraine. By the end of the 14th century Lithuania was the largest

state in Europe. An alliance with Poland in 1386 led the two

countries into a union through the person of a common ruler. In

1569, Lithuania and Poland formally united into a single dual state,

the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This entity survived until

1795 when its remnants were partitioned by surrounding

countries. Lithuania regained its independence following World

War I but was annexed by the USSR in 1940 - an action never

recognized by the US and many other countries. On 11 March

1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare

its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation

until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow).

The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently

restructured its economy for integration into Western European

institutions; it joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.

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Geography ::Lithuania

Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia

Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 24 00 E

Map references: Europe

Area:

Total: 65,300 sq km

Country comparison to the world: 122

Land: 62,680 sq km

Water: 2,620 sq km

Area - comparative: Slightly larger than West Virginia

Land boundaries:

Total: 1,574 km

Border countries: Belarus 680 km, Latvia 576 km, Poland 91 km,

Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km

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Coastline: 90 km

Maritime claims:

Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: Transitional, between maritime and continental; wet,

moderate winters and summers

Terrain: Lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m

Highest point: Aukstojas 294 m

Natural resources: Peat, arable land, amber

Land use:

Arable land: 44.81%

Permanent crops: 0.9%

Other: 54.29% (2005)

Irrigated land: 70 sq km (2003)

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Total renewable water resources: 24.5 cu km (2005)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

Total: 3.33 cu km/yr (78%/15%/7%)

Per capita: 971 cu m/yr (2003)

Natural hazards: NA

Environment - current issues: Contamination of soil and

groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases

Environment - international agreements:

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-

Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air

Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,

Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,

Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship

Pollution, Wetlands

Signed, but not ratified: None of the selected agreements

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Geography - note: Fertile central plains are separated by hilly

uplands that are ancient glacial deposits

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People ::Lithuania

Population: 3,545,319 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 130

Age structure:

0-14 years: 14.2% (male 258,423/female 245,115)

15-64 years: 69.6% (male 1,214,743/female 1,261,413)

65 years and over: 16.2% (male 198,714/female 376,771) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total: 39.7 years

Male: 37.1 years

Female: 42.3 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.276% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 217

Birth rate: 9.21 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

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Country comparison to the world: 207

Death rate: 11.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 39

Net migration rate: -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 150

Urbanization:

Urban population: 67% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: -0.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth: 1.057 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.53 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.89 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

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