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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.
However, the structure was modified in 2010 with the abolishment of counties administrations. (The counties continue to be used for statistical and reporting purposes, however. [19]) Lithuania is divided into: 10 counties (Lithuanian: plural – apskritys, singular – apskritis), each named after their principal city (see: Counties of Lithuania).
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Pages in category "Counties of Lithuania" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Political map of Lithuania Physical map of Lithuania. Lithuania is situated on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. [2] Lithuania's boundaries have changed several times since 1918, but they have been stable since 1945. [2] Currently, Lithuania covers an area of about 65,300 km 2 (25,200 sq mi). [2]
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".
Currently for Lithuania, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 counties, 7 city municipalities, 44 district municipalities and 9 municipalities. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is LT, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Lithuania. The second part is either of the following: two letters: counties
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