Klaipeda
Region Municipality
Klaipedos g. 2, LT-5800 Gargzdai
Tel.: (+370 6) 45 22 33, Fax: 45 21 82
E mail: audrkamp@takas.lt
133,590 hectares, of which 53,3 % are agricultural lands, 23,79 % - forests, 9,46 % - water bodies, 2,13 % - towns and residential areas, 2 % - roads, and 9,32 % - areas of other designation.
46,000 inhabitants, of whom 37 % reside in towns, and 63 % - in rural areas. Of the total, 48 % are men, and 52 % - women. Ethnic descent: 98 % are Lithuanian, 1 % - Russian, 1 % - of other descents.
Region facilities
11 sub districts, 13 post offices, a bus station, a railway junction, an aerodrome, 8 pre-schools, 5 kindergarten-schools, 19 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a special school, institute of scientific research, 54 cultural institutions, 7 Catholic churches, 5 houses of worship of other confessions, 2 museums, 26 libraries, 464 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a sport center, 44 health care facilities, 18 public stock companies, 405 closed stock companies, 1,121 individually owned companies, 75 agricultural enterprises, 2 municipal enterprises, and 29 companies of other status.
From the Acquaintance with Lithuania. Book of the Millennium. Vilnius, 1999.
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