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Palanga

resort town in Lithuania
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Summary

Palanga is a resort town[1]. Palanga draws 1,669 Wikipedia views per month (resort town category, ranking #6 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Union of the Baltic Cities[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Palanga City Municipality[4]
  • Country: Lithuania[5], Soviet Union[6], Russian Empire[7]
  • Instance of: seaside resort[8]
  • Official language: Lithuanian[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Jūrmala[10], Bergen auf Rügen[11], Simrishamn Municipality[12], Liepāja[13], Pärnu City[14]
  • Commons category: Palanga[15]
  • Official website: http://www.palanga.lt[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Palanga[17]
  • Described at URL: https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/30/28-countries-europe-found-underrated-beach-escape-29494164[18]
  • Population: 15,449[19], 15,381[20], 15,664[21], 16,038[22], 16,976[23], 17,619[24], 17,372[25], 17,324[26], 17,222[27], 17,048[28], 16,704[29], 16,518[30], 16,386[31], 16,272[32]
  • Time of earliest written record: 1161[33]
  • Described by source: Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae[34], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[37], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[38], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[39]
  • Capital of: Palanga City Municipality[40]
  • Official name: Palanga[41]
  • Category for people born here: Q8067536[42]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Palanga[43]
  • Native label: Palanga[44]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Palanga[45]
  • Elevation above sea level: 10 m[46]
  • Area: 79 km²[47]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Palanga include Palanga International Airport[48], an international airport[49], in Lithuania[50].

Why It Matters

Palanga has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Palanga is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for Palanga include Palanga International Airport[48], an international airport[49], in Lithuania[50].

Related Entities

Lithuania Russian Empire

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . metro.co.uk. metro.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . liepaja.lv. liepaja.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . ubc.net. Retrieved . ubc.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . State Data Agency of Lithuania. Retrieved . osp-rs.stat.gov.lt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . State Data Agency of Lithuania. Retrieved . osp-rs.stat.gov.lt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · ~2026-55134-19 · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 1970099
    Instance of → resort town, seaside resort
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap relation id: 1970099"
  2. 6w ago · Back ache · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/30/28-countries-europe-found-und
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Described at url: https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/30/28-countries-europe-found-underrated-beach-escape-29494164"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → —
    Capital of → Polangen Volost, Palanga City Municipality
    Described by source → Q19230677, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +3
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 55.916666666666664, 'lon': 21.066666666666666}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 506479, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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