MARIJAMPOLE
Territory
2,410 hectares, of which 53.38% are buildings, 10.3% - roads, 7.75% - agricultural lands, 5.27% - water areas, and 23.3% - areas of other designation.
Population
51,970 inhabitants. Of the total, 48.08% are men, and 51.92% are women. Ethnic descent: 95.6% are Lithuanian, 2.8% - Russian, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% Belorussian, and 1% - of other descents.
Town facilities
a post office, a bus station, a railway station, railway junction, 2 hotels, a motel, 7 pre-school institutions, 5 kindergarten-schools, an elementary school, a school of basic education, 6 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a youth school, adult teaching centre, a special school, 2 vocational schools, a school of agriculture, 2 colleges, 12 cultural institutions, 2 Catholic churches, a house of worship of other confessions, 2 museums, a public library, 55 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, municipal drama theatre, a sports centre, 8 health care facilities, 14 pharmacies and its branches, 12 dentist offices, public health centre, a public enterprise, 34 public stock companies, 200 closed stock companies, 1,521 individually owned companies, and 100 companies of other status
MARIJAMPOLE
REGION
Territory
154,400 hectares, of which 62.75% are agricultural lands, 22.73% - forests, 2.46% - water areas, 2.59% - towns and residential areas, 2% - industrial companies and roads, and 7.47% - areas of other designation.
Population
51,000 inhabitants, of whom 27.45% reside in towns and 72.56 % in rural areas. Of the total, 49% are men, and 51% - women. Ethnic descent: 98% are Lithuanian, 1% - Russian, 0.3% - Polish, 0.7% - of other descents.
Region facilities
10 subdisdricts, 30 post offices, a railway junction, an aerodrome, a hotel, 7 pre-schools, a kindergarten-school, 32 elementary schools, 22 schools of basic education, 8 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a youth school, a special school, 77 cultural institutions, 20 Catholic churches, a museum, 47 libraries, 200 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a theatre, 7 health care facilities, 13 public stock companies, 125 closed stock companies, 769 individually owned companies, 81 agricultural enterprises, and 43 companies of other status.
From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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