Kaunas

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Kaunas

Total population

315,993

Air quality index

29Good

Coordinates54.90°, 23.90°

Demographic figures from Statistics Lithuania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania, the fourth-largest city in the Baltic States, and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Oskar Minkowski

German physician (1858-1931)

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Ugnė Karvelis

Lithuanian writer (1935–2002)

Sonya Levien

screenwriter (1888-1960)

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Viktoras Butkus

Lithuanian priest (1923-1993)

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Vytautas Petras Knašys

Lithuanian politician

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Henrikas Žukauskas

Lithuanian politician

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Bolesław Strzelecki

Polish Catholic priest (1896-1941)

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Albert Wijuk Kojałowicz

Polish-Lithuanian writer (1609-1677)

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Vladas Michelevičius

Catholic bishop (1924-2008)

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Szymon Zabiełło

Polish-Lithuanian nobleman

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Alvydas Koncevičius

Lithuanian association football player

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Zoma Baitler

Uruguayan painter (1908-1994)

Wiktor Sukiennicki

Polish historian

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Edvinas Dautartas

Lithuanian swimmer

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Justinas Urbanavičius

Lithuanian politician

Maurycy Prozor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kaunas

Kaunas

A. Balčiūnas · 1968

Kauṇa nahīṃ cāhegā

Amarjit Chandan · 1975

Kauṇa caṅgā kauṇa mandā

Tilakarāja Gosvāmī · 1986

Kibiyar kauna

Abubakar Saddiq Abdullahi · 1999

Jāraja kauna

Govinda Prasāda · 1990

Kono vāṅka?

Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi · 1970

Mūsų Kaunas =

Romualdas Rakauskas · 1976

Medinis Kaunas =

Andrius Surgailis · 2008

Search results from Open Library.