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Tauragė
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Tauragė (; see other names) is an industrial city in Lithuania, and the capital of Tauragė County. In 2020, its population was 20,956. Tauragė is situated on the Jūra River, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast, and not far from the Baltic Sea coast.
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Tauragė is a city in Lithuania, serving as the capital of Tauragė County, Tauragė District Municipality, and Tauragė Eldership. It is located within the Tauragė District Municipality and Rossiyensky Uyezd. The city has a population of 29,121 and covers an area of 15.7 square kilometers. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 38 meters, with other sources citing 31 or 36 meters. Tauragė is a member of the Union of the Baltic Cities and is twinned with Zestaponi, Bełchatów, Ostróda, and Riedstadt.
The earliest written record of the city dates to 1499. A significant place within the city is Tauragė Castle. The official name of the city is listed as Таўрогі, Tovrig, Таурогген, and Таураге. It is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tauragė
- Region
- Tauragės apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 21,203
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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- Ethnographic region
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- Samogitia
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- County
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- Tauragė County
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- Municipality
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- Tauragė district municipality
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- Eldership
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Demography
- Population
- Sport
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Gallery
- References
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Tauragė (; see other names) is an industrial city in Lithuania, and the capital of Tauragė County. In 2020, its population was 20,956. Tauragė is situated on the Jūra River, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast, and not far from the Baltic Sea coast.
Although first mentioned in 1507, Tauragė did not receive its city charter until 1924, and its coat of arms (a silver hunting horn in a red field) until 1997.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tauragė” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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