SIRVINTOS
REGION
Territory
90,600 hectares,
of which 55.73% are agricultural lands, 28.47% - forests, 2.42% - water
areas, 2,09% - towns and residential areas, 2.09% - industrial companies
and roads, and 9.2% - areas of other designation.
Population
21,600
inhabitants, of whom 36.11% reside in towns and 63.89% - in rural areas.
Of the total, 47% are men, and 53% - women. Ethnic descent: 86% are
Lithuanian, 11% - Polish, 2% - Russian, 3.8% Belorussian, and 1% - of
other descents.
Region
facilities
8 subdisdricts,
11 post offices, a bus station, a tourism information centre, a hotel, 6
pre-schools, 10 elementary schools, 11 schools of basic education, 5
secondary schools, a special school, a sports shool, a music shool, 12
cultural centres, 10 Catholic churches, 2 museums, 23 libraries, 177
archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, a sports centre, 2
health care facilities, 5 state owned companies, 6 public stock
companies, 93 closed stock companies, 366 individually owned companies,
67 agricultural enterprises, and 20 companies of other status, 17 social
organisations, 5 public institutions, 2 state institutions, 3 charity
funds, and 2 associations.
From: Acquaintance with
Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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