PAKRUOJIS
REGION
Territory
131,600 hectares, of which 71.66% are agricultural lands, 18% - forests, 1.98% - water bodies, 2.43% - towns and residential areas, 1.9% - industrial companies and roads, and 4.03% - areas of other designation.
Population
31,000 inhabitants, of whom 27.4% reside in towns and 72.6% - in rural areas. Of the total, 47% are men, and 53% - women. Ethnic descent: 98% are Lithuanian, 1% - Russian, and 1% - of other descents.
Region facilities
8 subdisdricts, 17 post offices, a bus station, 8 pre-schools, 3 kindergarten-schools, 10 elementary schools, 13 schools of basic education, 7 secondary schools, a youth school, a special school, a school of agriculture, 44 cultural institutions, 9 Catholic churches, a house of worship, 3 museums, 25 libraries, 410 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a sports centre, 7 health care facilities, 13 public stock companies, 45 closed stock companies, 408 individually owned companies, 51 agricultural enterprises, and 14 companies of other status.
From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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