VARENA
REGION
Territory
241,700 hectares,
of which 22.63% are agricultural lands, 65.74% - forests, 2.15% - water
areas, 1.15% - towns and residential areas, 2.39% - industrial companies
and roads, and 5.94% - areas of other designation.
Population
37,300
inhabitants, of whom 32% reside in towns and 68 % in rural areas. Of the
total, 47% are men, and 53% - women. Ethnic descent: 90% are Lithuanian,
7.7% - Polish, 1.1% - Belorussian, 1% - Russian, 0.2% - of other
descents.
Region
facilities
9 subdisdricts,
19 post offices, a bus station, 2 tourist information centres, 6 hotels,
8 pre-schools, 13 elementary schools, 11 schools of basic education, 10
secondary schools, a special school, a school of agriculture, an
institute of scientific research, 23 cultural institutions, 13 Catholic
churches, 4 museums, 31 libraries, 191 archaeological, historical and
cultural monuments, 31 health care facilities, 3 state owned companies,
10 public stock companies, 129 closed stock companies, 415 individually
owned companies, 14 agricultural enterprises, and 70 companies of other
status.
From: Acquaintance with
Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.
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