PRIENAI
REGION
Territory
114,000 hectares, of which 58.58% are agricultural lands, 27.4% - forests, 3.06% - water areas, 2.62% - towns and residential areas, 2.27% - industrial companies and roads, and 6.07% - areas of other designation.
Population
39,000 inhabitants, of whom 39% reside in towns and 61% - in rural areas. Of the total, 48.3% are men, and 51.7% - women. Ethnic descent: 98% are Lithuanian, 0.9% - Russian, 0.4% - Polish, and 0.7% - of other descents.
Region facilities
11 subdisdricts, 18 post offices, a bus station, a railroad junction, an aerodrome, 5 pre-schools, a kindergarten-school, 35 elementary schools, 14 schools of basic education, 9 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a youth school, 2 special schools, a school of agriculture, 19 cultural centres, 12 Catholic churches, 2 museums, 23 libraries, 174 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a sports centre, 10 health care facilities, 2 state owned companies, 16 public stock companies, 151 closed stock companies, 662 individually owned companies, 10 agricultural enterprises, and 16 companies of other status.
From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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