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Area > Comparative slightly larger than West Virginia
Area > Total	65,300 sq km		[127th of 250]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Capital city with population	Vilnius - 590,100
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Juozapines Kalnas 293.6 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	31.9%		[74th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	56 00 N, 24 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Belarus 680 km, Latvia 576 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	44.81%		[9th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Vilnius
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	639,000		[108th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Vilnius - 590,100
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Europe
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources	peat, arable land, amber
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	54.98 people per sqkm		[136th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	54.47 people/m²		[127th of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	683 mm		[55th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	65,300 km²		[121st of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Aukštojas Hill
Source: World Development Indicators database

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