Mažeikiai District Municipality (, ) is located in the north-west of
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, P ...
, on the
River Venta in
Telšiai County. The administrative center of Mažeikiai District is the city of
Mažeikiai. Its territory of is composed of of towns and settlements, of industrial enterprises and roads, of agricultural lands, of forests, and of tracts of other designation. There is one urban and 8 rural
elderates. In 2003, the population was 67,393. Of this number, 46,223 live in towns and 21,170 in villages.
It is situated in northern
Samogitia
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. Mažeikiai District borders with the Republic of
Latvia
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in the north, with
Akmenė District Municipality in the east, with
Telšiai District Municipality in the southeast, with
Plungė District Municipality in the southwest and with
Skuodas District Municipality in the west. Mažeikiai District stretches for east-to-west and north-to-south. Petraičiai village is the westernmost settlement, with Kalniškiai and Pakliaupė villages being the easternmost settlements. The northernmost is Giniočiai, while the southernmost is Pasruojė.
Gallery
image:Venta.JPG, The River Venta in Mažeikiai district
Image:Daubariu piliakanis d1.jpg, Daubariai hillfort located in Mažeikiai District Municipality, Lithuania. Protected by the state.
References
External links
Official websiteLithuanian postcode directory
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mazeikiai District Municipality
Municipalities of Telšiai County
Municipalities of Lithuania