Marijampolė (approximate English transcription [mʌ.rı.ˈjaːm.po.lɛ], simplified Lithuanian transcription [marijāmpolē]) is an industrial town and capital of Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, close to the borders to Poland and to Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) and to Lake Vistytis. Marijampolė has 48,800 inhabitants (2003). It is the Lithuanian center of the Sudovia region. Symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. ... This page is used to describe the simplified system of Lithuanian phonetic transcription (in wikipedia). ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Marijampolė County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: Калининградская область), informally called Yantarny kray (Russian:Янтарный Край - meaning Amber land) is an administrative division (oblast) of Russia on the Baltic coast, with no land connection to the rest of Russia: an exclave of the EU. It is the westernmost parcel of... Lake Vistytis (sometimes Lake of Vistytis; Russian: Vishtynetskoye ozero, Виштынецкое озеро; Lithuanian: Vištytis ežeras; informal sometimes European Baikal) is a lake on the border between Lithuania (Marijampole district) and Russia (Kaliningrad oblast). ... Sudovia, or Suvalkija (pronouncing soo-vul-kee-uh), is the name of a historical region inhabited by Sudovians. ...
From 1956 to 1989 the town was officially named Kapsukas, after Vincas Kapsukas, founder of the Lithuanian Communist Party. 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas (Budvečiai, 7 April (Old Style 23 March) 1880 - Moscow, 17 December 1935) was a Lithuanian politician, one of the founders and later leader of the Lithuanian Communist Party. ...
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Homepage of the city (http://www.marijampole.lt/index.php3?lang=en)
The municipality of Marijampolė borders with the district of Vilkaviškis in the west, Kazlų Rūda Municipality in the north, Kalvarija Municipality in the south, and districts of Prienai and Alytus in the east.
The distance from Marijampolė to Vilnius is 139 km, to Klaipėda - 231 km, and to the border of Poland - 38 km.
Marijampolė municipality covers 75,5 thousand hectares of land; 72% of which is an agricultural area, 12,3% is covered by forests; 4,2% - towns and villages, 2% - industrial enterprises and roads; and 6,9% - the area of other purposes.
Marijampole County is situated in the southwestern part of the country and includes the town of Marijampole as well as the districts of Marijampole, Sakiai and Vilkaviskis.
Marijampole County borders with the Kaliningrad District of Russia in the west, in the south with Poland, in the southeast with Alytus County, in the northeast with Kaunas County, and in the north with Taurage County.
In Marijampole district: Varnupiai Mound and stone, Padovinys Mound, the estate of Jurgis Matulaitis, archbishop, Memorial to the President K. Grinius, Antanavas Chapel, the estate of K. Boruta, the estate of the pilot A. Gustaitis, cemetery of the victims of fascism, Amalvas botanical and zoological reserve (1472 hectares), and Kazlu Ruda landscape reserve (857.1 hectares).
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