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Užkapiai
Užkapiai ('place beyond graves', formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 99 people. It is located from Šėta, along the Nociūnai-Šėta road, by the Lankesa river and the Bubliai Reservoir. The Lankesa Botanical Sanctuary is located next to Užkapiai. In the end of the 19th century Užkapiai was an estate, a property of the Virbickai and the Narkevičiai families. Demography file:Užkapiai, kryžius.JPG, left, 160px, Wayside cross in Užkapiai References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lankesa Botanical Sanctuary
The Lankesa is a river in central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Obelis. It begins nearby Reniūnai village in Ukmergė District Municipality, then flows to the south west through Jonava District Municipality. After a confluence with the Medukšna it turns to the north west and runs through Kėdainiai District Municipality till it meets the Obelis in Valkaičiai. After bigger rains it often overflows own course. It often dries out during summers and freezes up to the bottom during winters. Gaižūnai, Jonava, Gaižūnai, Pasraučiai, Martyniškis, Jonava, Martyniškis, Žeimių GS, Palankesiai, Žeimiai, Užkapiai, Vainiūnai, Kėdainiai, Vainiūnai, Stašaičiai settlements are located on the banks of the Lankesa. At its confluence with the Obelis the Stašaičiai hillfort stands. The hydronym ''Lankesa'' derives either from Lithuanian word ''lanka'' ('flood-meadow'), or from ''lankas, lankstas'' ('bend, crook'). References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lankesa
The Lankesa is a river in central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Obelis. It begins nearby Reniūnai village in Ukmergė District Municipality, then flows to the south west through Jonava District Municipality. After a confluence with the Medukšna it turns to the north west and runs through Kėdainiai District Municipality till it meets the Obelis in Valkaičiai. After bigger rains it often overflows own course. It often dries out during summers and freezes up to the bottom during winters. Gaižūnai, Pasraučiai, Martyniškis, Žeimių GS, Palankesiai, Žeimiai, Užkapiai, Vainiūnai, Stašaičiai settlements are located on the banks of the Lankesa. At its confluence with the Obelis the Stašaičiai hillfort stands. The hydronym ''Lankesa'' derives either from Lithuanian word ''lanka'' ('flood-meadow'), or from ''lankas, lankstas'' ('bend, crook'). References External links * LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelėdnagiai Eldership
Pelėdnagiai Eldership () is a Lithuanian Elderships of Lithuania, eldership, located in the south eastern part of Kėdainiai District Municipality. Eldership was created from the Pelėdnagiai ''selsovet'' in 1993. Geography The territory of Pelėdnagiai Eldership is located mostly in the Nevėžis Plain and the Nevėžis river valley. Relief is mostly flat, cultivated as agriculture lands. Forests cover about 40 % of the eldership. * Rivers: Nevėžis, Barupė, Urka, Mėkla, Lankesa, Ašarėna * Lakes and ponds: Labūnava Reservoir. * Forests: Labūnava Forest. * Protected areas: Barupė Hydrographical Sanctuary, Lankesa Botanical Sanctuary, Pelėdnagiai Botanical Sanctuary, Labūnava Forest Biosphere Polygon. Places of interest *Catholic church of the Divine in Labūnava *Juciūnai cemetery chapel *Aukupėnai cemetery tomb-chapel *Labūnava manor tower *Gelnai wayside chapel *Ancient burial site in Nociūnai and former cemetery site in Pašiliai *Soviet mosaic the "Land Improve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubliai Reservoir
The Bubliai Reservoir is an artificial lake in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located east from Kėdainiai, next to Aristava village. It was created in 1980, when a dam on the Obelis river had been built next to Bubliai village. In 2002, the dam was reconstructed and a small hydroelectric plant (of 160 kW) added. The Bubliai Reservoir is used for irrigation, fishery, and hydroelectric energy production. The fish species inhabiting the reservoir are carp, pike, catfish, roach, and bream. Shores of the reservoir are quite straight and low. The reservoir is surrounded mostly by agriculture lands. Some other smaller ponds and reservoirs (the Kapliai Reservoir, the Piltyna Reservoir, the Aristava Reservoir) empty into the Bubliai Reservoir. The Bubliai Reservoir itself empties into the Juodkiškiai Reservoir. The dam uses Spillway#Siphon spillway, siphon spillway. References Lakes of Kėdainiai District Municipality Reservoirs in Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nociūnai
Nociūnai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality of Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had 304 residents. It is located from Kėdainiai, by the Barupė river, next to the crossroad of the Jonava-Šeduva (KK144) road and A8 highway. The village contains a library, a community center, a former school, a cemetery, and an ancient burial site. History The Nociūnai Manor was a property of the Šiukštos family in the 19th century. There was a wooden familial tomb-chapel, built in 1805. During the Soviet era, Nociūnai was a center of the "Spike" ''kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to eme ...''. Demography Images Nociūnų kapinės.JPG, Nociūnai cemetery Via Baltica ties Nociūnais.JPG, A8 highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šėta
Šėta is a small town (''miestelis'') in Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. In 2011, it had a population of 935. It is located by the Obelis river. The flows into Obelis in the center of the town. A dam on Obelis creates the . There is the northeast the town. References Towns in Lithuania Towns in Kaunas County Vilkomirsky Uyezd Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes it the same as Arabia Standard Time, East Africa Time, and Moscow Time. During the winter periods, Eastern European Time ( UTC+02:00) is used. Since 1996, European Summer Time has been applied from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Previously, the rules were not uniform across the European Union. Usage The following countries and territories use Eastern European Summer Time during the summer: * Belarus, Moscow Summer Time in years 1981–89, regular EEST from 1991-2011 * Bulgaria, regular EEST since 1979 * Cyprus, regular EEST since 1979 ( Northern Cyprus stopped using EEST in September 2016, but returned to EEST in March 2018) * Egypt, in the years 1988–2010, 2014–2015 and since 2023 (see also Egypt Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Lithuania
The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties ( Lithuanian: singular ''apskritis'', plural ''apskritys''), all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular ''savivaldybė'', plural ''savivaldybės''): 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities. Each municipality is then divided into elderates (Lithuanian: singular ''seniūnija'', plural ''seniūnijos''). This division was created in 1994 and slightly modified in 2000. Until 2010, the counties were administered by county governors (Lithuanian: singular – ''apskrities viršininkas'', plural – ''apskrities viršininkai'') appointed by the central government in Vilnius. Their primary duty was to ensure that the municipalities obey the laws and the Constitution of Lithuania. They did not have great powers vested in them, and so it was suggested that 10 counties are too much for Lithuania as the two smallest counties administer only four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer. A number of African countries use UTC+02:00 all year long, where it is called Central Africa Time (CAT), although Egypt and Libya also use the term ''Eastern European Time''. The most populous city in the Eastern European Time zone is Cairo, with the most populous EET city in Europe being Kyiv. Usage The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time all year round: * Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), since 26 October 2014; also used EET in the years 1945 and 1991–2011. See also Kaliningrad Time. * Libya, since 27 October 2013; switched from Central European Time, which was used in 2012. Used year-round EET from 1980 to 1981, 1990–1996 and 1998–2012. The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
