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UKMERGĖ DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY LITHUANIA. Julita Lopatienė November 2011. Republic of Lithuania. Flag Coat of arms Motto: “The strength of the nation lies in unity” ( “T autos jėga vienybėje”). Lithuania. Lithuania. L ithuania. Capital – Vilnius Official language – Lithuanian
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UKMERGĖ DISTRICT MUNICIPALITYLITHUANIA Julita Lopatienė November 2011
Republic of Lithuania • Flag Coat of arms • Motto: • “The strength • of the nation lies in unity” • (“Tautos jėga vienybėje”)
Lithuania • Capital – Vilnius • Official language – Lithuanian • Government – Parlamentary republic • President – Ms Dalia Grybauskaitė • Ethnic groups • 83.9% Lithuanians6.6% Poles5.4% Russians1.3% Belarusians3.8% others
Lithuania • First mention of Lithuania – 9 March 1009 • Independence restored – 11 March 1990 • Area – 65.200 km² • Water - 1.35% • Population • 2011 estimate -3,207,060 • 2002 census - 3,483,972
Ukmergė DistrictMunicipality The town was founded in 1333
Ukmergė DistrictMunicipality Ukmergė District Municipalitybelongs to the Vilnius County Total area of Ukmergė region - 1 395 km²2 Ukmergė area is divided into administrative units:11 rural 1 town The river Šventoji crosses the town
FavourableGeographicalSituation Cross the highways (E272) A2 Vilnius – Riga – Tallinn (E262) A6 Utena – Kaunas – Warsaw Distance to the airports: Vilnius – approx.75 km Kaunas – approx. 55 km Palanga – approx. 290 km Distance to the railroad – approx. 20 km Distance to Klaipėda seaport - approx. 270 km
FavourableGeographical Situation • Ukmergė is at the distance of approx. 70 km from major cities of Lithuania: • Vilnius • Kaunas • Panevėžys • Utena
Populationof Ukmergė District Total population: 43 070 Town: 25 866 Rural: 17 204 KAUNAS
Ukmergė DistrictMunicipality • Educational institutions: • 19 schools • of general education • 7 nursery-kindergartens • 1 centre of special education Ukmergė School of Technologies and Business
Ukmergė DistrictMunicipality • Non-formal education • Sports Centre • Art School
EconomicSituationintheDistrict 759 enterprises and institutionsare distributed by economic activity
MajorBranchesofIndustry Wood Metal Garment Construction Direct foreign investments amount to nearly 62 million LTL (2009)
WoodIndustry Woodworking: plywood, wooden blanks for furniture manufacturing, wood chips, sawdust briquettes, etc. Production of log-houses, bathouses, cottages, fences, furniture
MetalProductsandConstruction Sub-suppling of metal works Metal processing Sheet steel products Boilers Stoves Ventilation equipment Furnaces Various metal constructions , etc.
ConstructionIndustry Bridges and viaducts Road construction and repair Production of concrete, etc Interior and exterior decoration Operation of sand/gravel quarries Constructionand decoration sevices St
Ukmergė DistrictMunicipality TraditionalCulturalandSportsEvents
Simulationof theBattleVilkmergėlė (Deltuva) Between the Russian and French Armies in1812
InternationalPartners • 1. Herrljunga (SWEDEN) • 2. Solvesborg (SWEDEN) • 3. Livani (LATVIA) • 4. Worcester (UNITED KINGDOM) • 5,6,7. Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, (GERMANY) • 8. Wetteraukreis(GERMANY) • 9. Tarnowo Podgorne (POLAND) • 10. Cologno al Serio (ITALY) • 11. Kiskunmajsa (HUNGARY) • 12. Kamenec Podolskij (UKRAINE)