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Utena : Lithuania

Utena County (Lithuanian: Utenos apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. In 2001 there were 186,000 inhabitants in the county. It is the most sparsely-populated county in Lithuania. It is divided into 6 municipalities. Its capital is Utena. The town of Utena is one of the oldest settlements in Lithuania and is mentioned in historical chronicles as early as 1261. County has a well developed network of roads. Utena is located only some 95 km from Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. Main branches of economy are textile, food and timber processing, beer and wine production, power engineering. Outstanding feature of

Var?na : Lithuania

Var?na (Polish: Orany) is a town in Dzukija in Lithuania. It was founded in 1862 by the railway Warsaw - Sankt Peterburg. At that time it was a small settlement, which developed little by little and it became center of district in 1950. Town was rapidly growing and a lot of villagers moved into Varena. Presently there are 12 thousand people living there. Var?na district is the largest and the most covered with forests in Lithuania.

Šilut? : Lithuania

Šilute (Polish: Szy?okarczma, German: Heydekrug) is a city in Klaip?da County in Lithuania, capital of Šilute district municipality. Historically in Klaip?da region and part of Lithuania Minor, in the interwar capital of Šilut? County.

Telšiai : Lithuania

Telšiai (approximate English transcription [t?l(?).??e?], simplified Lithuanian transcription [tel'?ia?]; Polish Telsze) is a town in Lithuania with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telsiai County. The town is the birthplace of Rolandas Paksas, the former president of Lithuania and Gabriel Narutowicz, the first President of Poland.

Ukmerg? : Lithuania

Ukmerge (Polish Wi?komierz) is a town in Vilnius County, Lithuania, situated north-west of Vilnius.