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Žagarė
Sign in to saveŽagarė (, see also other names) is a city located in the Joniškis district, northern Lithuania, close to the border with Latvia. It has a population of about 2,000, down from 14,000 in 1914, when it was the 7th largest city in Lithuania. Žagarė is famous for Žagarvyšnė - a cherry species originated in Žagarė.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Žagarė is referenced by 175 other articles, and connects out to Joniškis District Municipality, municipality of Lithuania and France.
It is catalogued under topics including Cities in Lithuania, Cities in Šiauliai County and Holocaust locations in Lithuania.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Žagarė
- Region
- Šiaulių apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 1,309
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Žagarė
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- City
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- Žagarė Manor
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Žagarė
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- Country
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- Ethnographic region
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- Semigallia
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- County
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name2
- Šiauliai County
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
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- Joniškis district municipality
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- Eldership
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- Žagarė eldership
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- Capital of
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- Žagarė
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Shavelsky Uyezd
- Population
- 1326
- Area
- 5
- Elevation
- 77
- Time zone
- Eastern European Time
- Body of water
- Švėtė
- Official website
- zagare.lt
- Image
- Zagares dvaras.2009-06-11.jpg
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- Commons category
- Žagarė
- topic's main category
- Category:Žagarė
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Žagarė
- inception
- 1633-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1198-00-00
- postal code
- LT-84019
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- native label
- Žagarė
- P8168
- Auschnippe
- P12749
- February 19
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Notable residents
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Žagarė (, see also other names) is a city located in the Joniškis district, northern Lithuania, close to the border with Latvia. It has a population of about 2,000, down from 14,000 in 1914, when it was the 7th largest city in Lithuania. Žagarė is famous for Žagarvyšnė - a cherry species originated in Žagarė.
==Etymology== Žagarė's name is probably derived from the Lithuanian word žagaras, meaning "twig". Other renderings of the name include: , , , .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Žagarė” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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