ALYTUS
Territory
3,300 hectares, of which 33.3% are buildings, 6.1% - roads, 9.1% - agricultural lands, 33.3% - areas of natural growth, 3% - water areas, and 15.2% - areas of other designation.
Population
77,300 inhabitants. Of the total, 46.7% are men, and 53.3% are women. Ethnic descent: 94.7% are Lithuanian, 2.8% - Russian, 0.7% - Polish, 0.7% - Ukrainian, and 1.1% - of other descents.
City facilities
3 post offices, a bus station, a railway station, an aerodrome, a tourist information centre, 3 hotels, a motel, 17 pre-schools, 4 kindergarten-schools, an elementary school, 13 secondary schools, a youth school, 3 vocational schools, a college, 12 cultural institutions, 4 Catholic churches, a museum, 2 libraries, 60 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a theatre, 4 sports centres, 4 health care facilities, 63 public stock companies, 570 closed stock companies, 1,965 individually owned companies and 112 companies of other status
ALYTUS
REGION
Territory
141,000 hectares, of which 58% are agricultural lands, 21.77% - forests, 5.24% - water areas, 2.55% - towns and residential areas, 1.98% - industrial companies and roads, and 10.46% - areas of other designation.
Population
33,600 inhabitants, of whom 12.46% reside in towns and 87.54 % in rural areas. Of the total, 46.5% are men, and 53.5% - women. Ethnic descent: 98% are Lithuanian, 1% - Polish, 1% - Tartar and other descents.
Region facilities
11 subdisdricts, 18 post offices, 2 bus stations, a hotel, a motel, 6 pre-schools, 23 elementary schools, 16 schools of basic education, 9 secondary schools, a special school, an art school, a sports school, 2 schools of agriculture, a cultural centre, 32 clubs, 13 Catholic churches, a Tartar Mosque, a public library and 36 libraries in towns and rural areas, 458 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a municipal out patient department, 42 health care facilities, 4 state owned companies, 7 public stock companies, 119 closed stock companies, 470 individually owned companies, 50 agricultural enterprises, and 51 companies of other status.
From:
Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
