Telšiai district
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Telšiai Telšių apskritis district |
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| Basic data | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | LT-TE | ||
| surface | 4350 km² | ||
| Capital | Telšiai | ||
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Inhabitants - population density - year-on-year comparison |
175,484 (rank 9 / LT) 40.3 inhabitants / km² 177,008 (−0.9%) |
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| Current population figures from 1.1.2006 | |||
| administration | |||
| governor | Romualdas Vasiliauskas | ||
| structure | 4 self-governments (savivaldybė) | ||
| Web presence | www.telsiai.aps.lt | ||
The Telšiai district (German Telschen district ) is one of the ten administrative districts that have formed the top tier of the administrative division of Lithuania since 1994 .
It comprised a part of the historical region of Lower Lithuania ( Žemaitien , Lithuanian: Žemaitija ).
Administrative division
The district consists of 4 self-governing municipalities. (Resident on January 1, 2006)
District parishes
- Rietavas municipality (10,291)
- Telšiai Rajong Parish (55,680)
- Plungė Rajong Parish (43,678)
- Mažeikiai Rajong Parish (65,835)
District Head
- 1995: Rasas Gofmanas
- 1997: Danutė Mileikienė
- 1999: Vaclovas Vaičekauskas
- 2000: Kazys Lečkauskas
- 2004: Rasas Gofmanas
- 2006: Romualdas Vasiliauskas
- 2009–2010: Vidimantas Domarkas
Web links
- Homepage of the district (lit., engl.)
