VILNIUS
Territory
39,000 hectares, of which 20.21% are buildings, 4.18% - roads, 20.91% - agricultural lands, 43.9% - areas of natural growth, 2.09% - water areas, and 8.71% - areas of other designation.
Population
578,400 inhabitants. Ethnic descent: 53.5% are Lithuanian, 18.9% - Russian, 19.1% - Polish, 4.7% Belorussinan, 0.7% Jewish, and 3.1% - of other descents.
City facilities
20 subdisdricts, 39 post offices, a bus station, a railway station, 3 railway junctions, an airport, 2 tourist information centres, 51 hotels, 2 motels, 123 pre-schools, 9 kindergarten-schools, 12 elementary schools, 5 schools of basic education, 70 secondary schools, 7 secondary schools with gymnasium classes, 5 gymnasiums, 2 youth schools, 2 special schools, 11 vocational schools, 14 colleges, 7 institutions of higher education, Vilnius Clerical Academy, 19 scientific research institutes, 19 Catholic churches, 9 Orthodox churches, 7 houses of worship of other confessions, 21 museums, 30 libraries, 1,331 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, 11 theatres (6 of them state run), 175 sports clubs, 42 health care facilities (27 of them are municipal), 399 state owned companies, 416 public stock companies, 13,718 closed stock companies, and 19,026 individually owned companies.
VILNIUS REGION
Territory
222,000 hectares, of which 47.56% are agricultural lands, 36.75% - forests, 2.34% - water areas, 2.65% - towns and residential areas, 2.52% - industrial companies and roads, and
8.18% - areas of other designation.
Population
87,050 inhabitants, of whom 6.83% reside in towns and 93.17% - in rural areas. Of the total, 48.73% are men, and 51.27% are women. Ethnic descent: 20.7% are Lithuanian, 64% - Polish, 8.8% - Russian, 4.4% Belorussian, and 2.1% - of other
descents
Region facilities
23 subdisdricts, 35 post offices, 3 railway junctions, an aerodrome, a hotel, 2 motels, 18 pre-schools, 5 kindergarten-schools, 19 elementary schools, 23 schools of basic education, 27 secondary schools, a school of agriculture, 2 colleges, a scientific institute, 31 cultural centres, 21 Catholic churches, 2 houses of worship of other confessions, a museum, 45 libraries, 434 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a sports complex, 34 health care facilities, 9 state owned companies, 19 public stock companies, 459 closed stock companies, 1,303 individually owned companies,116 agricultural enterprises, and 74 companies of other status
VILNIUS
COUNTY
Territory:
965,000 hectares.
Population:
895,240 inhabitants.
Vilnius County
comprises territories of Vilnius city (the capital of Lithuania), and
municipial territories of Vilnius, Trakai, Salcininkai, Sirvintos,
Ukmerge and Svencionys regions.
The county
consists of 83 rural subdistricts and 20 urban subdistricts of Vilnius
city.
From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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