Marijampolė County ( lt, Marijampolės apskritis; pl, Okręg mariampolski) is one of the ten
counties
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in
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
. It is in the south of the country in the historical
Suvalkija
Suvalkija or Sudovia ( lt, Suvalkija or ''Sūduva'') is the smallest of the five cultural regions of Lithuania. Its unofficial capital is Marijampolė. People from Suvalkija (Suvalkijans, Suvalkians) are called (plural) or (singular) in Lithu ...
region, and its
capital
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is the town
Marijampolė
Marijampolė (; also known by several other names) is a cultural and industrial city and the capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The population of Mari ...
. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished,
and since that date, Marijampolė County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.
Municipalities
Municipalities are:
References
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Social and demographic characteristics of Marijampolė CountyEconomy of Marijampolė CountyEnvironment of Marijampolė County
Counties of Lithuania
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