Kaunas is located at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, and near the Kaunas lagoon, the largest body of water in Lithuania.
By the 16th century, Kaunas had a public school, a hospital, and a drugstore, and was one of the best-formed towns in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Kaunas has 16 trolleybus routes, 34 bus routes, a wide maxicab carrier network [1], and it is also one of the major river ports in the Baltic States.
KaunasCounty is situated in the very centre of the Republic of Lithuania, bordered by the counties of Alytus, Vilnius, Panevezys, Siauliai, Taurage and Marijampole.
KaunasCounty is an area where industry and agriculture have been intensely promoted: during the first three months of 1997, the county's industrial companies took in over 707 million litas (40.9% of production sold in Lithuania and 59.1% to other countries).
KaunasCounty is an area of plains and gentle, rolling hills and winding rivers, with the county's towns strung like colourful beads along the Nemunas, Neris, Nevezis and Dubysa Rivers.
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