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The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular apskritis, plural apskritys), all named after their capitals.The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular savivaldybė, plural savivaldybės): 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities.
Forty years later the word "Lithuania" was dropped from the two names and official maps of Europe. The territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania became known as the Northwestern Krai . [ 2 ] In 1843 another administrative reform took place, creating Kovno Governorate out of seven western districts of the Vilna Governorate.
Municipalities are established to perform certain functions provided by law.According to the abovementioned Republic of Lithuania Law on Local Self-Government, the functions of municipalities are "functions related to local government, public administration and provision of public services defined by the Constitution and attributed to municipalities by this and other laws".
Towns in Lithuania (singular: Lithuanian: miestelis, as diminutive of miestas) retain their historical distinctiveness even though for statistical purposes they are counted together with villages. At the time of the census in 2001 , there were 103 cities , 244 towns, and some 21,000 villages in Lithuania .
Elderships, a statewide administrative division, function as municipal districts. The 21 elderships are based on neighbourhoods: Map of Vilnius neighborhoods. Numbers on the map correspond with numbers in the list
ISO 3166-2:LT is the entry for Lithuania in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Lithuania portal; In Lithuania, municipalities are major administrative units which have their own councils, elected by the people, and mayors, elected by the councils. Municipalities can either cover one major city (city municipality) or entire regions (district municipality).
Capitals of Lithuanian counties (10 C, 10 P) Categories by county of Lithuania (5 C) A. Alytus County (5 C, 2 P) K. Kaunas County (6 C, 3 P) Klaipėda County (5 C, 5 ...