PALANGA
Territory
7,900 hectares, of which 12,65 % are buildings, 3,79 % - roads, 30,59 % -
agricultural lands, 38,96 % - areas of natural growth, 1,35 % - water areas, and
12,66 % - areas of other designation.
Population
19,572 inhabitants. Of the total 46,21 % are men, and 53,79 % are women.
Ethnic descent: 87,3 % are Lithuanian, 6,9 % - Russian, 2,1 % - Latvian, 1,2 % -
Byelorussia, 0,4 - Polish, 0,1 % - Jewish, 0,1 % - Tartar, and 1,9 % - of other
descents.
City facilities
A sub district, a post office, a bus station, an airport, tourist information
center, 20 hotels, 140 companies offering recreation and holiday services, 5
pre-schools, 2 kindergarten-schools, an elementary school, a schools of basic
education, 4 secondary schools, 3 additional study centers, 2 cultural centers,
a Catholic churches, 3 houses of worship of other confessions, 3 museums, a
library, 29 archeological, historical and cultural monuments, a sport center, 2
health care facilities, 5 state owned companies, 32 public stock companies, 460
closed stock companies, 1370 individually owned companies, 9 agricultural
enterprise, and 44 companies of other status.
From the “Acquaintance with Lithuania. Book of the Millennium“. Vilnius,
1999.
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Coat of Arms of Palanga
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