Lithuania
Land of knights, amber and basketball
Passport card
Republic of Lithuania
Lithuania
- Capital
- Vilnius
- Continent
- Europe
- Currency
- Euro
- Languages
- Lithuanian
- People
- About 29 lakh
- Size
- About 65,300 km²
- Leader
- President Gitanas Nausėda
- Declared independence
- 16 February 1918
- Time
- 3½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 8:30 am in Vilnius, and 9:30 am in summer
⭐ The Hill of Crosses is covered in more than 100,000 crosses.
Your Lithuania stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Lithuania
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Lithuania
Turn the globe with your finger. Lithuania has 4 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Lithuania and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 50 times the size of Lithuania.
- PeopleIndia has about 500 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 29 lakh in Lithuania.
- DistanceVilnius is about 5,000 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeLithuania is 3½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 8:30 am in Vilnius, or 9:30 am in summer.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Lithuania, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Lithuania
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Lithuania's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Lithuania back on the map
Lithuania and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 5 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Lithuania worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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