Country Lithuania County Vilnius County Time zone EET (UTC+2) | Ethnographic region Dzūkija Capital Šalčininkai Area 1,491 km² | |
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Elderships List
Akmenynė
Baltoji Vokė
Butrimonys
Dainava
Dieveniškės
Eišiškės
Gerviškės
Jašiūnai
Kalesninkai
Pabarė
Poškonys
Šalčininkai
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Šalčininkai District Municipality (Lithuanian: Šalčininkų rajonas, Polish: Gmina rejonowa Soleczniki) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It has one of biggest Polish minority populations in Lithuania, with 31,223 or over 80% (2001 census) of the population claiming Polish ethnicity. Šalčininkai is the largest town in and the administrative center of the district.
Map of %C5%A0al%C4%8Dininkai District Municipality, Lithuania
The south-eastern border of the municipality with Belarus includes a distinctive salient of Lithuanian territory almost completely surrounded by Belarus.
Lithuanian Route 104 passes through the district.
The Poškonys Reservoir (Poškonių tvenkinys) with an area of 0.3 km2 on the Gauja River is located in the district.
References
Šalčininkai District Municipality Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA