LITHUANIA
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Territory: 65,200 sq km
Lithuania' s border countries are in the North with Latvia, in the South-East
with Belarus, in the South with Poland and in the South-West Russia (Kaliningrad).
From the West Lithuania is surrounded by the Baltic Sea.
Population: 3,610,535 (July 2001 est.)
Ethnic division:
| Ethnic group | Percentage of the population |
| Lithuanian | 80.6% |
| Russian | 8.7% |
| Polish | 7% |
| Byelorussian | 1.6% |
| other | 2.1% |
Capital: Vilnius
Independence Day: 16 February (first in 1918)
Day of the Restoration of Independence: 6 September in 1991
Official Language: Lithuanian
Constitution: adopted 25 October 1992
Lithuania is a parliamentary republic
Currency: Lithuanian litas (LTL)