PASVALYS
REGION
Territory
128,900 hectares, of which 74.94% are agricultural lands, 16.21% - forests, 1.94% - water areas, 2.56% - towns and residential areas, 1.7% - industrial companies and roads, and 2.65% - areas of other designation.
Population
36,600 inhabitants, of whom 70.7% reside in towns and 29.3 % in rural areas. Of the total, 47.7% are men, and 52.3% - women. Ethnic descent: 98.5% are Lithuanian, 0.5% - Russian, 1% - of other descents.
Region facilities
11 subdisdricts, 19 post offices, a bus station, 2 hotels, 4 pre-schools, 3 kindergarten-school, 18 elementary schools, 13 schools of basic education, 7 secondary schools, a special school, a college, an institute of scientific research, 62 cultural institutions, 13 Catholic churches, 2 houses of worship of other confessions, 2 museums, 35 libraries, 48 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a sports centre, 31 health care facilities, 11 public stock companies, 85 closed stock companies, 488 individually owned companies, 70 agricultural enterprises, and 6 companies of other status.
From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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