The Lithuanian republic - the country in the north of the Eastern Europe, at coast of Baltic sea, adjoining with Latvia, Belarus, Poland and Russia (the Kaliningrad range). Terrain - 65,2 thousand sq. km. The population (3,798 million persons) - mainly Lithuanians (80 %), Russian and Poles. An official language - Lithuanian. The majority of believers - roman catholics. Monetary unit - lighted. Capital - Vilnius (590 thousand inhabitants). Other large cities - Kaunas, Klaipeda, Shaulyai and Panevezhis.
the Bulk of terrain of Lithuania - morennaja (a vodno-glacial parentage) plain, in the west and which east hilly elevations (the Zhjamajtsky elevation and the Baltic row in altitude to 292 are had;).
the Baltic coast levelled down, bordered with sandy beaches and scythes (the largest - east part of the Kurshsky scythe). The main river - Njamunas (Neman). In a southern and southeast part of the country it is a lot of loches on which numerous resorts and baselines of rest (the most known - Druskininkaj) are had.
the Climate transitive from marine to the continental: average temperatures of January-5 °C, July - 17 °C, deposits falls out to 630 mm a year. Admixed sosnovo-shirokolistvennye woods occupy about a quarter of terrain of the country, other square is occupied mainly by agricultural lands. The nature is guarded in reservation ZHuvintas, the Lithuanian national park.
At marine coast well-known resorts Palanga, neringa are had.
