Aukštaitija
Sign in to saveAukštaitija (; literally Highland or Upland) is the name of one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The name comes from the fact that the lands are in the upper basin of the Nemunas, as opposed to the Lowlands that begin from Šiauliai westward. Although Kaunas is surrounded by Aukštaitija, the city itself is not considered to be a part of any ethnographic region in most cases.
Key facts
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- Aukštaitija
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- lt
- Settlement <! See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions >.settlement_type
- Ethnographic region
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- Flag_of_Aukštaitija.svg
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- 125px
- Settlement <! See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions >.image_shield
- Coat_of_arms_of_Aukštaitija.svg
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- 125px
- Settlement <! See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions >.motto
- Patriam tuam mundum existima
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- Aukštaitija location Lithuania.svg
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- Map indicating the location of Aukštaitija within Lithuania
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- Location of Aukštaitija within Lithuania
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- Country
- Settlement <! See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions >.subdivision_name
- Lithuania
- Settlement <! See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions >.seat_type
- Capital and largest city
- Settlement <! See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions >.seat
- Panevėžys
- Settlement <! See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions >.area_total_km2
- 27672
- Settlement <! See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions >.population_total
- 919212
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- Excluding Kaunas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Lithuania
- Country
- Lithuania
- Capital
- Panevėžys
- Image
- Pnv3 by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
- Licence plate code
- LT
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- Aukštaitija
- topic's main category
- Category:Aukštaitija
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Aukštaitija (; literally Highland or Upland) is the name of one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The name comes from the fact that the lands are in the upper basin of the Nemunas, as opposed to the Lowlands that begin from Šiauliai westward. Although Kaunas is surrounded by Aukštaitija, the city itself is not considered to be a part of any ethnographic region in most cases.
==Geography== Aukštaitija is in the northeast part of Lithuania and also encompasses a small part of Latvia and Belarus. The largest city located entirely within this region, Panevėžys, is considered to be the capital, though not in a political sense. Sometimes Utena is regarded as a symbolical capital.
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