Lithuania

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Location of Lithuania
Location of Lithuania

Lithuania is a country in Europe on the Baltic Sea. Vilnius is the capital and largest city. The population is 3,596,617. Major languages spoken are 83.4% Lithuanian (official), 8% Russian, 5.6% Polish, 4.4% other and unspecified. The colors of their flag are yellow (at the top), green (in the middle), and red (at the bottom).

Lithuania began in the 7th9th centuries from Baltic nations group. The Baltics, the ancestors of Lithuanians and Latvians, came to area between Nemunas, Daugava rivers and the Baltic sea from a hypothetic original homeland of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Many scientists think they came there sometime in the 3rd millennium BC.

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