Šiauliai
city in Lithuania
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Summary
Šiauliai is a city[1]. Šiauliai ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,244 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Šiauliai City Municipality[3]
- Country: Lithuania[4]
- Head of government: Artūras Visockas[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Teterow[7], Jelgava[8], Plauen[9], Khmelnytskyi[10], Częstochowa[11], Baranavichy[12], Fredericia[13], Kristianstad Municipality[14], Pärnu City[15], Etten-Leur[16], Omaha[17], Grodzisk Mazowiecki[18]
- Postal code: LT-76001[19]
- Commons category: Šiauliai[20]
- Licence plate code: S[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[22]
- Local dialing code: 41[23]
- Enclave within: Šiauliai District Municipality[24]
- Official website: http://www.siauliai.lt[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Šiauliai[26]
- Commons gallery: Šiauliai[27]
- Population: 107,875[28], 101,214[29], 100,575[30], 100,131[31], 101,511[32], 101,756[33], 134,032[34], 131,977[35], 130,366[36], 127,805[37], 125,360[38], 122,236[39], 120,272[40], 117,829[41]
- Time of earliest written record: 1236[42]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[43], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[46], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[47]
- Capital of: Shavelsky Uyezd[48], Šiauliai City Municipality[49], Šiauliai District Municipality[50], Šiauliai Oblast[51], Šiauliai County[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Šiauliai include 157534 Siauliai[53], an asteroid[54].
Why It Matters
Šiauliai has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Šiauliai is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for Šiauliai include 157534 Siauliai[53], an asteroid[54].