Kaunas
city and administrative center of Kaunas County in Lithuania
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Summary
Kaunas is a city[1]. Kaunas ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,875 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3], Union of the Baltic Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kaunas City Municipality[5]
- Country: Lithuania[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Neman[7]
- Head of government: Visvaldas Matijošaitis[8]
- Instance of: Hanseatic city[9], big city[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Grenoble[11], Bila Tserkva[12], Kharkiv[13], Wrocław[14], Tampere[15], Brno[16], Los Angeles[17], Xiamen[18], Ferrara[19], Białystok[20], Canelli[21], Brescia[22], Cava de' Tirreni[23], Addis Ababa[24]
- Postal code: LT-44001[25]
- Commons category: Kaunas[26]
- Licence plate code: K[27]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[28], UTC+03:00[29]
- Said to be the same as: temporary capital of Lithuania[30]
- Local dialing code: 837[31]
- Official website: http://www.kaunas.lt/apie-kauna/miesto-istorija/[32], http://en.kaunas.lt/city[33], https://www.kaunas.lt[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kaunas[35]
- Commons gallery: Kaunas[36]
- Population: 419,745[37], 416,605[38], 402,061[39], 385,620[40], 358,111[41], 315,993[42], 306,888[43], 292,691[44], 288,466[45], 286,754[46]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kaunas include Kaunas Airport[47], an airport[48], in Lithuania[49], founded in 1900[50].
Why It Matters
Kaunas has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Kaunas is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for Kaunas include Kaunas Airport[47], an airport[48], in Lithuania[49], founded in 1900[50].