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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.
The regions were further subdivided into 87 districts (Russian: raion, Lithuanian: rajonas): Kaunas Region with 23 districts, Klaipėda Region with 16 districts, Šiauliai Region with 24 districts, and Vilnius Region with 24 districts. [17] The townships were abolished and the districts were further subdivided into apylinkės.
Area of the Lithuanian language in the 16th century. The name of Lithuania – Lithuanians – was first mentioned in 1009. Among its etymologies there are a derivation from the word Lietava, for a small river, a possible derivation from a word leičiai, but most probable is the name for union of Lithuanian ethnic tribes ('susilieti, lietis' means to unite and the word 'lietuva' means ...
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 .
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".
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
The district has significant Polish minority population in Lithuania, with 46% of the population claiming Polish ethnicity. [8] But the number has been dwindling from more than 80% in the late 1980s because of suburbanisation, age structure (younger newcomer inhabitants are mostly Lithuanians, while older population in villages are mostly Poles) and acculturation.
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 ).