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Ignalina
Sign in to saveIgnalina (; ) is a city in eastern Lithuania. It is known as a tourist destination in the Aukštaitija National Park. Ignalina is also famous for the now decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in nearby Visaginas.
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- Ignalina
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- City
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Ignalina
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- Country
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- Ethnographic region
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- Aukštaitija
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- County
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- 17px Utena County
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- Municipality
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- Ignalina district municipality
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- Eldership
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- Ignalina town eldership
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ignalina
- Country
- Lithuania
- Population
- 5106
- Area
- 6.9
- Elevation
- 167
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Ignalina District Municipality
- Official website
- ignalina.lt
- Image
- Ignalina, Lithuania - panoramio (15).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ignalina
- topic's main category
- Category:Ignalina
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- Laughter Yoga
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- inception
- 1810-00-00
- native label
- Ignalina
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- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
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Ignalina (; ) is a city in eastern Lithuania. It is known as a tourist destination in the Aukštaitija National Park. Ignalina is also famous for the now decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in nearby Visaginas.
== Legend == It is said that Ignalina got its name from two lovers Lina, daughter of duke Budrys, and Ignas, captive of the crusaders, whom people cursed and drowned in Ilgis Lake. Lina and Ignas are quite popular Lithuanian names.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ignalina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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