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Klaipeda Municipality
Liepu g. 11, LT-5800 Klaipeda
Tel.: (+370 6) 21 36 41, Fax: 21 33 43
E-mail: meras@klaipeda.lt
Internet page: http://www.klaipeda.lt9,800 hectares, of which 38,03 % are buildings, 1,41 % - roads, 8,45 % - agricultural lands, 22,54 % - areas of natural growth, 14,08 % - water areas, and 15,49 % - areas of other designation.
202,500 inhabitants. Ethnic descent: 63 % are Lithuanian, 28,2 % - Russian, 2,7 % - Byelorussia, 0,5 - Polish, and 5,6 % - of other descents.
City facilities
17 post offices, a bus station, a railway station, a sea port, a ferry, 2 river warts, an airport, tourist information center, 20 hotels, 54 pre-school institutions, 16 kindergarten-schools, 3 elementary school, a schools of basic education, 26 secondary schools, 4 gymnasiums, 2 youth schools, 2 special schools, 8 vocational schools, 8 colleges, Klaipeda University, Visual Design Department of Lithuanian Academy of Arts, 26 cultural institutions, 4 Catholic churches, 4 houses of worship of other confessions, 10 museums, 2 libraries and its 14 branches, 6 archeological and historical monuments, 186 objects of cultural value, 4 theatres, 15 sport centers, 8 health care facilities, 8 state owned companies, 119 public stock companies, 2,937 closed stock companies, 7,077 individually owned companies, and 218 companies of other status.
From the “Acquaintance with Lithuania. Book of the Millennium“. Vilnius, 1999.
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