UKMERGE
REGION
Territory
139,000 hectares, of which 56.55% are agricultural lands, 29.06% - forests, 2.59% - water areas, 2.37% - towns and residential areas, 2.3% - industrial companies and roads, and 7.13% - areas of other designation.
Population
52,000 inhabitants, of whom 59.62% reside in towns and 40.38% - in rural areas; 46,15% are men, and 53.85% - women. Ethnic descent: 93% are Lithuanian, 0.7% - Polish, 5% - Russian, and 1.3% - of other descents.
Region facilities
12 subdisdricts, 23 post offices, a bus station, a hotel, 15 pre-schools, a kindergarten-school, 16 elementary schools, 12 schools of basic education, 12 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a youth school, a special school, 2 vocational schools, a school of agriculture, a college, 64 cultural institutions, 12 Catholic churches, a museum, 37 libraries, 164 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, 11 health care facilities, 7 state owned companies, 24 public stock companies, 235 closed stock companies, 887 individually owned companies, 62 agricultural enterprises, and 86 companies of other status.
From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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