ROKISKIS
REGION
Territory
180,600 hectares, of which 59.67% are agricultural lands, 25.58% - forests, 3.82% - water areas, 2.21% - towns and residential areas, 1.99% - industrial companies and roads, and 9.73% - areas of other designation.
Population
45,600 inhabitants, of whom 51.1% reside in towns and 48.9 % in rural areas. Of the total, 46.8% are men, and 53.2% - women. Ethnic descent: 92% are Lithuanian, 6% - Russian, 0.5% - Polish, 1.5% - of other descents.
Region facilities
10 subdisdricts, 22 post offices, a bus station, 3 railway junctions, an airport, a hotel, 2 motels, 10 pre-schools, 4 kindergarten-schools, 13 elementary schools, 14 schools of basic education, 11 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a youth school, a special school, a school of agriculture, a college, 65 cultural institutions, 18 Catholic churches, 2 houses of worship of other confessions, 2 museums, 39 libraries, 200 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a theatre, a sports complex, 59 health care facilities, a state owned company, 15 public stock companies, 124 closed stock companies, 700 individually owned companies, 67 agricultural enterprises, and 27 companies of other status.
From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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