Lituanya: Nchi katika Ulaya Kaskazini-Mashariki

Inajulikana rasmi kama Jamhuri ya Lituania.

Inapakana na Latvia, Belarus, Polandi na Russia.

Ni mwanachama wa Umoja wa Ulaya.

Mji mkuu wa Lituania ni Vilnius.

Lituanya iko kwenye mwambao wa Bahari ya Baltiki.

Miji mikubwa

 

• Kaunas
• Vilnius

Lituania kuanzia karne ya 13 ilikuwa nchi huru na imara iliyoteka maeneo mengi; kufikia karne ya 15, ikiwa pamoja na Polandi, ilikuwa kubwa kuliko nchi zote za Ulaya.

Mwaka 1795 nchi hizo mbili zilifutwa, na Lituania ikawa sehemu ya Dola la Urusi.

Mwaka 1918, ikawa tena nchi huru, lakini mwaka 1940 Warusi waliiteka tena.

Miaka 1940 - 1990 nchi ilikuwa jamhuri mwanachama wa Umoja wa Kisovyeti.

Baada ya umoja huo wa majimbo 15 kusambaratika, Lituania ilijitangaza nchi huru.

Lituania imekuwa nchi mwanachama ya Umoja wa Ulaya tangu tarehe 1 Mei 2004.

Wananchi kwa asilimia 84 wanaongea Kilituania ambacho pamoja na Kilatvia ndizo lugha hai pekee za jamii ya lugha za Kibaltiki kati ya lugha za Kihindi-Kiulaya. Ndiyo lugha rasmi.

Mbali na Walituania asili (86.7%), kuna Wapolandi (5.6%), Warusi (4.8%) na wengineo.

Dini ya wananchi ni Ukristo wa Kanisa Katoliki (77.2%), mbali ya Waorthodoksi (4.9%) na Waprotestanti (0.8%). Wasio na dini yoyote ni 6.1%.

• Wilaya za Lituanya
• Orodha ya nchi kufuatana na wakazi

 

Wiki Commons ina media kuhusu:

Lithuania

Serikali

• The Lithuanian President Archived 21 Machi 2009 at the Wayback Machine. – Official site of the President of the Republic of Lithuania
• The Lithuanian Parliament – Official site of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
• The Lithuanian Government Archived 27 Juni 2021 at the Wayback Machine. – Official site of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
• Chief of State and Cabinet Members Archived 21 Septemba 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
• Statistics Lithuania Archived 13 Novemba 2011 at the Wayback Machine. – Official site of Department of Statistics to the Government of Lithuania

Taarifa za jumla

• Lithuania entry at The World Factbook
• Lithuania Archived 4 Machi 2016 at the Wayback Machine. from UCB Libraries GovPubs
• Lituanya katika Open Directory Project
• Lithuania from the BBC News
• Wiki Atlas of Lithuania
• Lietuva.lt/en Archived 1 Novemba 2014 at the Wayback Machine. – Lithuanian internet gates
• Key Development Forecasts for Lithuania from International Futures
• Heraldry of Lithuania

Safari

• Lithuanian State Department of Tourism Archived 25 Februari 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
• Travel Channel movie about Lithuanian – "Essential Lithuania 2010" Archived 17 Mei 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
• www.travel.lt – The Official Lithuanian Travel Guide

Nchi za Umoja wa Ulaya
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