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  Vilkaviškis
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| Country |  Lithuania |
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| Ethnographic region | Suvalkija | ||
| County | Marijampolė County | ||
| Municipality | Vilkaviskis district municipality | ||
| Capital of | Vilkaviškis district municipality Vilkaviškis city eldorate Šeimena rural eldorate |
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| First mentioned | 1561 | ||
| Granted city rights | 1660 | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 13,102 | ||
| - Rank | 29th | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Vilkaviškis (pronunciation is a city in southwestern Lithuania, 25 km northeast from Marijampolė, on a bank of River Šeimena. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Lithuania can be divided into historical and cultural regions (called Ethnographic regions Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The territory of Lithuania Marijampolė County (Lithuanian Marijampolės apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below --> Municipalities of Lithuania Magdeburg Rights (Magdeburger Recht or Magdeburg Law were a set of German town laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with In Lithuania there are 103 cities (in Lithuanian: singular – miestas Plural – miestai Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Marijampolė ( Mariampol is an industrial City and the Capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland The city got its name from the River Vilkauja a tributary to River Šeimena. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river Initially named Vilkaujiškis the name was later changed to an easier to pronounce form Vilkaviškis. Until 1940 the city had a large Jewish Community which was annihilated by the Nazis and their local collaborators. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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(Lithuanian) Short history
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