Mažeikiai
Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: Mažeikē; ; ) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 32,000, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania and eighteenth largest city in the Baltic States. The city is the administrative center of Mažeikiai District Municipality in Telšiai County. It is the largest city that does not have its own county.
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Mažeikiai is a city of about 32,000 people in northwestern Lithuania that serves as the administrative center for its surrounding district and is the eighth largest city in the country. It is notable for being the largest city in Lithuania that does not have its own county government.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mažeikiai
- Region
- Telšių apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 32,470
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Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: Mažeikē; ; ) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 32,000, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania and eighteenth largest city in the Baltic States. The city is the administrative center of Mažeikiai District Municipality in Telšiai County. It is the largest city that does not have its own county.
==History== thumb|left|Muravyov Railway Station in 1901 thumb|left|150px|Sanctification of the Liberty Bell in 2018 Mažeikiai was first mentioned in written sources in 1335. A chronicler of the Livonian Order wrote about a campaign of the Order, during which the land of Duke Mažeika was devastated. It was located in the Duchy of Samogitia in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.