Tauragė
Sign in to saveTauragė (; 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 an industrial city in Lithuania that serves as the capital of Tauragė County, located on the Jūra River near the Kaliningrad border and the Baltic Sea coast. As of 2020, the city had a population of about 21,000 residents.
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- Locality
- Tauragė
- Region
- Tauragės apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 21,203
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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.