Mingė
Minija or Mingė (in older texts also ''Minė'', often nicknamed ''Lithuanian Venice'') is a small fishermen's village in Šilutė District Municipality, Lithuania on Minija river, and is part of Nemunas Delta Regional Park. This village is unique in Lithuania as the main "road" is the river. Houses are situated on both banks and there is no bridge to connect them. The only way to get around is to use a boat. In 1997 it had 48 residents. The village was first mentioned in the 16th century. It was part of the Lithuania Minor in East Prussia. Traditional peasant buildings survive from the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th centuries and are of architectural value. Minija reached its peak in the middle of the 19th century when the number of the inhabitants reached 406. The government decided to build levees only on the left bank of Nemunas in order to save money. The right side was left unprotected against annual spring flooding. As Minija was subject to frequent floods, the ...
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Minge may refer to: Places *Mingə, Azerbaijan *Mingė, Lithuania Slang uses *Vulva (in Commonwealth English) **Female pubic hair *Midge, an insect (in U.S. English) Other uses *Minge (surname), people so named *Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang ( zh, c=民革, p=Minge, links=no), a minor political party in China See also

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