Central and Western Lithuania Region

Central and Western Lithuania Region
Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas (Lithuanian)
Region
  • From top, left to right: Kaunas, the largest city in the region with over 300,000 inhabitants, Klaipėda, the second largest city in the region, Šiauliai, the third largest city in the region with over 100,000 inhabitants
Central and Western Lithuania Region (in blue)
CountryLithuania
Area
 • Total
55,556 km2 (21,450 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
2,017,640
 • Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
GDP
 • Total€40.233 billion (2023)
 • Per capita€20,000 (2023)

Central and Western Lithuania Region (Lithuanian: Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas) is a subdivision of Lithuania as defined by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). It is one of the two classified NUTS-2 statistical regions of Lithuania. The region encompasses an area of 55,556 km2 (21,450 sq mi) and incorporates nine counties of Lithuania except the Vilnius County. With a population of just over two million, it is the most populated of the two regions in Lithuania. Kaunas is the largest city in the region.

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