Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 10th May 2021

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2 905 000 people speak the official language, Lithuanian (written using the Roman alphabet). There are also 63 000 Belorussian-speakers; 4 200 Latvian-speakers; 258 000 Polish speakers; 344 000 Russian-speakers; 5 100 Tatar-speakers and 45 000 Ukrainian-speakers. Romani is also spoken and there are 535 speakers of Karaim .

Personal names tend to follow the pattern

   given name(s)[ ]surname

Lithuanian surnames show both marital status and gender.

Unmarried Lithuanian women take their fathers’ surname with the suffix -aite, -ute or -yte dependent on the stem of the father’s surname. Married women take their husband’s surname with the suffix -iene. Lithuanian law allows married women to keep their pre-marriage surname (with the pre-marriage suffix), though the suffix remains a requirement. Children traditionally inherit their surnames from their father.

Given names may traditionally also be formed from the stem of the father’s name. For example, if a male is called Jonas, his wife may be called Joniene, his son Jonukas and his daughter Jonaite.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Lithuanian company legal forms include:

   AB (Akcinė bendrovė) - public limited company
   IĮ (Individuali įmonė) - sole proprietorship
   KŪB (Komanditinė ūkinė bendrija) - limited partnership
   TŪB (Tikroji ūkinė bendrija) - general partnership
   UAB (Uždaroji akcinė bendrovė) - limited company
   VšĮ (Viešoji įstaiga) - non-profit organization

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 11th August 2020

   Name
   Thoroughfare name[ ]house number{[-]apartment number}
   postal code[ ]City

For example:

The postal code may also be found written to the right of the city name as follows:

Note that thoroughfare names are usually written without thoroughfare type indications - an exception is when an adjective is used, as is:

   Donelaicio gatvė = Main Street

Thoroughfare types, when written, are written with the first letter in lower case.

Many smaller villages have no street names and only a house number is used along with the name of the village. These addresses may also include the name of the post office followed by pastas or pšt.

The Lithuanian postal authorities prefer that ’LT-’ is placed before the postal codes, but the rules of the country from which the mail is sent must define if you do this - please refer to Formatting an international address.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Thoroughfare types

   Donelaicio gatvė= Main Street
   Donelaicio skersgatvis = Small Street near Main Street

   Some information about Lithuanian thoroughfare types from OpenStreetMap.org 

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 11th August 2020

This is written Pašto dėžučių in Lithuanian, abbreviated to P.d.

   Note: This section last updated 11th August 2020

On 1^st January 2004, Lithuania changed from a 4-digit postal code (Pašto Kodų) system to one with 5-digits in the format:

   99999

The codes range from 00 to 99. The first two digits indicate the routing district, the last three are the delivery office.

The Lithuanian postal authorities prefer that ’LT-’ is placed before the postal codes, but the rules of the country from which the mail is sent must define if you do this - please refer to Formatting an international address.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Lithuania - Postal code format graphic

Lithuania - Postal code format

Lithuania - Postal code specifics

Lithuania - Postal code regular expression

Lithuania - Postal code level of coverage

Lithuania - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 15th December 2016

Refer to Exonyms in Lithuania for full lists of place names in Lithuania in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Lithuania has 10 counties (apskritys, singular - apskritis):

    Alytaus 
    Kauno 
    Klaipedos 
    Marijampoles 
    Panevezio 
    Siauliu 
    Taurages 
    Telsiu 
    Utenos 
    Vilnius 

Administrative districts graphic

Full Lithuanian telephone numbers, when called from abroad, have 8 digits. Mobile numbers have area codes commencing 6.