MOLETAI
REGION
Territory
136,800 hectares, of which 47.22% are agricultural lands, 26.21% - forests, 8.83% - water areas, 2% - towns and residential areas, 1.75% - industrial companies and roads, and 13.99% - areas of other designation.
Population
26,270 inhabitants, of whom 27.98% reside in towns and 72.02 % in rural areas. Of the total, 47% are men, and 53% - women. Ethnic descent: 86% are Lithuanian, 10.1% - Polish, 3.3% - Russian, 0.3% - Belorussian, 0.3% - of other descents.
Region facilities
11 subdisdricts, 16 post offices, a bus station, a tourism information centre, 9 pre-schools, a kindergarten-school, 11 elementary schools, 11 schools of basic education, 8 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a special school, a vocational school, a school of agriculture, an institute of scientific research, 42 cultural centres, 12 Catholic churches, 4 museums, 27 libraries, 600 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a sports centre, 29 health care facilities, 10 public stock companies, 97 closed stock companies, 376 individually owned companies, 34 agricultural enterprises, and 43 companies of other status.
From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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