KUPISKIS
REGION
Territory
108,000 hectares, of which 58.89% are
agricultural lands, 25.37% - forests, 2.4% - water areas, 2.31% - towns
and residential areas, 1.76% - industrial companies and roads, and 9.27%
- areas of other designation.
Population
26,200 inhabitants. Ethnic descent: 96.4% are
Lithuanian, 2.4% - Russian, 0.2% - Polish, 0.2% - Belorussian, 0.8% - of
other descents.
Region facilities
6 subdisdricts, 16 post offices, a bus
station, a hotel, 4 pre-schools, 11 elementary schools, 9 schools of
basic education, 6 secondary schools, a school of agriculture, 37
cultural centres, 11 Catholic churches, 5 museums, 18 libraries, 160
archaeological, historical, and cultural monuments, 22 health care
facilities, 2 state owned companies, 9 public stock companies, 89 closed
stock companies, 506 individually owned companies, 61 agricultural
enterprises, and 49 companies of other status.
From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE
MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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