Palanga
Palanga | |
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City | |
Top to bottom, left to right: Jono Basanavičiaus Street, Old wooden resort villa, Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Palanga Beach, Palanga Pier | |
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| Nickname: Vasaros sostinė (Summer Capital) | |
Interactive map of Palanga | |
| Coordinates: 55°55′N 21°4′E / 55.917°N 21.067°E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County | Klaipėda County |
| Municipality | Palanga city municipality |
| First mentioned | 1161 |
| Granted city rights | 1791 |
| Elderships | Šventoji eldership |
| Area | |
• Total | 79 km2 (31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 18,132 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Palangian(s) (English), palangiečiai or palangiškiai (Lithuanian) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | LT-00001 |
| Dialing code | 370 |
| Website | palanga |
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Palanga (ⓘ; Samogitian: Palonga ; German: Polangen) is a resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea.
Palanga is the busiest and the largest summer resort in Lithuania and has sandy beaches (18 km, 11 miles long and up to 300 metres, 1000 ft wide) and sand dunes.
Officially Palanga has the status of a city municipality and includes Šventoji, Nemirseta, Būtingė, Palanga International Airport and other settlements, which are considered as part of the city of Palanga.