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Also known as Joniskis

Joniškis (; Samogitian: Juonėškis; ) is a city in northern Lithuania with a population of about 9,900. It is located 39 kilometers north of Šiauliai and 14 kilometers south of the Lithuania–Latvia border. Joniškis is the municipal and administrative centre of Joniškis district municipality.

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Joniškis is a city and human settlement in Lithuania, serving as the capital of the Joniškis District Municipality and Joniškis Eldership. It is located in the Šiaulių apskritis region. The city has an area of 8.95 square kilometers and an elevation of 60 meters above sea level. Its population is recorded as 11,796, with a postal code of LT-84001.

The city is twinned with Sulingen, Konin, Kapyĺ, and Alūksne. Joniškis is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. The official website for the city is www.joniskis.lt.

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Place details

Locality
Joniškis
Region
Šiaulių apskritis
Country
Lietuva
Population
11,113
Timezone
Europe/Vilnius

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Key facts

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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  • History
  • Infrastructure
  • Climate
  • Gallery
  • Notable people
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • References
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Joniškis (; Samogitian: Juonėškis; ) is a city in northern Lithuania with a population of about 9,900. It is located 39 kilometers north of Šiauliai and 14 kilometers south of the Lithuania–Latvia border. Joniškis is the municipal and administrative centre of Joniškis district municipality.

==Name== Joniškis is the Lithuanian name of the town. Historical versions of the name in other languages include Polish: Janiszki, Russian: Янишки Yanishki, Yiddish: יאַנישאָק Yanishok, Latvian: Jānišķe, and German: Jonischken.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joniškis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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