Vosiūnai | |
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Village | |
Vosiūnai church | |
Coordinates: 55°18′18″N26°49′12″E / 55.30500°N 26.82000°E Coordinates: 55°18′18″N26°49′12″E / 55.30500°N 26.82000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Utena County |
Municipality | Ignalina District Municipality |
Eldership | Didžiasalis eldership |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 29 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Vosiūnai (
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. Lithuania is considered to be one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.8 million people as of 2019, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians are Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.
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