LithuaniaDid you know?
- •Lithuanian is often described as one of the most archaic living Indo-European languages.
- •Lithuania borders both the Baltic Sea and Russia's Kaliningrad exclave.
- •The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was once one of the largest states in Europe.
Key Information
Capital
Vilnius
Population
2,9 million
Area
65,300 km²
GDP
104,7 billion $
Currency
EUR
Difficulty on MapGuesser
Medium
Subregion
Northern Europe
Calling code
+370
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Lithuania is the southernmost Baltic state, between Latvia, Belarus, Poland, and the Baltic Sea.
Official Languages
Lithuanian
Flag Colors
jaunerougebleu
Flag History
The national flag of Lithuania consists of a horizontal tricolour of yellow, green, and red. It was adopted on 25 April 1918 during Lithuania's first period of independence (1918–1940), which ceased with the occupation first by the Soviet Union, and then by Nazi Germany (1941–1944). During the post-World War II Soviet occupation, from 1945 until 1988, the Flag of the Lithuanian SSR consisted first of a generic red Soviet flag with the name of the republic, in 1953 that was changed to the red fla...
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