Skuodas District Municipality

Skuodas District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

Skuodas District Municipality

Skuodo rajono savivaldybė
Municipality
Administration of municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Skuodas district municipality within Lithuania
Coordinates: 56°16′N 21°31′E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
County Klaipėda County
CapitalSkuodas
Elderships9
Area
  Total911 km2 (352 sq mi)
Area rank41st
Population
 (2001 census)[1]
  Total25,600
  Rank47th
  Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)
  Density rank34-35th
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Telephone code440
Major settlements
Websitewww.skuodas.lt

It is the only territory whose Council is using the Samogitian language.[2]

References

  1. http://www.skuodas.lt
  2. "Żmudzki niedźwiedź się budzi (The Samogitian bear wakes up )" (in Polish). Kurier Wileński (Vilnius Courier). January 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-15.


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