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Kaunas (/ ˈ k aʊ n ə s /; Lithuanian: [ˈkɐʊ̯ˑnˠɐs] ⓘ; previously known in English as Kovno / ˈ k ɒ v n oʊ /) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. [10]
The major administrative subdivisions of Kaunas, Lithuania, are elderates (Lithuanian: seniūnija, "eldership"). They are further partitioned into traditional neighborhoods of two levels: "city parts" (miesto dalys) and "city territories" (miesto teritorijos).
Kaunas District Municipality (Kauno rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.The seat of the municipality is the city of Kaunas, which does not belong to the municipality but is a separate administrative unit.
Kaunas urban sprawl from space, ESA The Kaunas urban area (known in Lithuanian as Kauno aglomeracija ) is the metropolitan area of Kaunas . The metropolitan area covers two municipalities in the Kaunas County , with a total built-up area of around 250 km 2 .
Currently, the term temporary capital, despite being factually out of date, is still frequently used as a nickname for Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania. On 18 September 2023 the modernist buildings in Kaunas that were built while Kaunas was the temporary capital of Lithuania and experienced rapid urbanization were recognized as a ...
The Kaunas pogrom was a massacre of Jews living in Kaunas, Lithuania, that took place on 25–29 June 1941; the first days of Operation Barbarossa and the Nazi occupation of Lithuania. The most infamous incident occurred at the garage of NKVD Kaunas section, a nationalized garage of Lietūkis , an event known as the Lietūkis Garage Massacre ...