ZARASAI
REGION
Territory
133,900 hectares,
of which 37.93% are agricultural lands, 35.38% - forests, 12.14% - water
areas, 0.75% - towns and residential areas, 1.72% - industrial companies
and roads, and 12.08% - areas of other designation.
Population
24,630
inhabitants, of whom 40.2% reside in towns and 59.8 % in rural areas. Of
the total, 46.93% are men, and 53.07% - women. Ethnic descent: 69.2% are
Lithuanian, 21.3% - Russian, 7.4% - Polish, 1% - Belorussian, 1.1% - of
other descents.
Region
facilities
10 subdisdricts,
12 post offices, a bus station, a railway junction, an aerodrome, a
tourist information centre, a motel, 5 pre-schools, 7 elementary
schools, 9 schools of basic education, 7 secondary schools, a gymnasium,
a special school, a vocational school, a school of agriculture, 41
cultural institutions, 12 Catholic churches, 5 houses of worship of
other confessions, 3 museums, 24 libraries, 355 archaeological,
historical and cultural monuments, 3 health care facilities, a state
owned company, 11 public stock companies, 61 closed stock companies, 250
individually owned companies, 19 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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