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Vilkaviškis
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Vilkaviškis () is a city in southwestern Lithuania, the administrative center of the Vilkaviškis District Municipality. It is located northwest from Marijampolė, at the confluence of and rivers.
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Vilkaviškis is a city in Lithuania, situated within the Vilkaviškis District Municipality and Marijampolė County. It serves as the capital of the district municipality. The city has a population of 13,288 and covers an area of 7.53 square kilometers. Its earliest written record dates to 1501. Historically, the area has been part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Duchy of Warsaw.
Located at an elevation of 73 meters above sea level, Vilkaviškis operates on Eastern European Time. The city is twinned with Olecko. It is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron.
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Place details
- Locality
- Vilkaviškis
- Region
- Marijampolės apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 9,444
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Vilkaviškis
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- City
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Vilkaviškis
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- Vilkaviškis vėliava.svg
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- Vilkaviškis CoA.svg
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- Country
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- Ethnographic region
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1
- Suvalkija
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- County
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name2
- 20px Marijampolė County
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
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- Vilkaviškis district municipality
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- Eldership
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- Vilkaviškis city eldership
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- Capital of
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name6
- Vilkaviškis district municipality Vilkaviškis city eldership Šeimena eldership
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.established_date
- 1561
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Vilkaviškis () is a city in southwestern Lithuania, the administrative center of the Vilkaviškis District Municipality. It is located northwest from Marijampolė, at the confluence of and rivers.
The city got its name from the Vilkauja River. Initially named Vilkaujiškis, the name was later changed to an easier-to-pronounce form, Vilkaviškis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vilkaviškis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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