Dūkštas
Dūkštas | |
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City | |
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Coat of arms | |
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Coordinates: 55°31′20″N 26°19′10″E / 55.52222°N 26.31944°ECoordinates: 55°31′20″N 26°19′10″E / 55.52222°N 26.31944°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | ![]() |
Municipality | Ignalina district municipality |
Eldership | Dūkštas eldership |
Capital of | Dūkštas eldership |
First mentioned | 1862 |
Granted city rights | 1956 |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 888 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dūkštas (pronunciation (help·info); Polish: Dukszty) is a city in eastern Lithuania, 26 km (16 mi) north from Ignalina, on the bank of .[1]
Notable people[]
- Charles Rappoport (1865–1941), militant communist politician, journalist and writer, who lived most of his life in a France.
References[]
- ^ "Utenos apskrities gyventojų surašymo duomenys". Lithuanian official statistics department.
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Categories:
- Dūkštas
- Cities in Utena County
- Cities in Lithuania
- Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd
- Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939)
- Ignalina District Municipality
- Lithuania geography stubs