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GENERAL INFORMATION

City area 157 sq.km

Population 286.754

(2019 01 01)

Density 1826,5 person/sq.km

(2019 01 01)

Geography:

North latitude 54º 56 '

East longitude 24º 51'

Elevation 24 – 90 m above the sea level

Distance from Kaunas to Vilnius (the capital) –103 km,

to Klaipėda (the seaport) – 209 km

Climate (in 2018):

Average annual temperature 8,3 ºC

Average temperature in July 20,2 ºC

Annual precipitation 642 mm

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EDUCATION

Kaunas has 4 universities, 4 colleges, 7 vocational schools. Total number of students studying in

vocational schools, colleges, universities (2018-2019) is 44013

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ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

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Existing Economic Entities 2020 01 01:

Kaunas –14.562

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TOURISM

Hotels, Motels And Their Activities in 2015-2018

2015 2016 2017 2018

Number of enterprises

103 134 164 177

Number of rooms 1 684 1 717 1 761 1 823

Number of beds 3 644 3 776 3 837 3 921

Number of accommodated

quests per year 227 818 271 135 293 710 317 656

Foreigners among them

150 750 179 111 192 567 213 735

Nights spent

414 588 458 487 508 641 558 472

Nights spent by foreigners

264 395 308 426 342 005 392 075

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Number of Guests in Accommodation Establishments by Country in 2018

Lithuania 103921

Germany 23456

Russia 18657

Poland 18051

Latvia 15615

Ukraine 13410

Estonia 13105

United Kingdom 11395

Finland 9898

Belarus 8749

Italy 5917

France 5810

Denmark 5138

Netherlands 4958

USA 4886

Spain 4805

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INVESTMENT

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Foreign Direct Investment by Economic Activity as of December 31, 2018

(EUR mill)

Total 1 519,01

Manufacturing industry 263,54

Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 85,20

Electricity, gas and water supply 9,73

Construction 62,32

Wholesale and retail trade 314,44

Transport and storage 29,51

Accommodation and food service 1,25

Information and communications 32,29

Financial and insurance activities 311,93

Real estate activities 187,61

Professional, scientific and technical activities 133,26

Administrative and support service activities 51,89

Human health and social work activities 11,33

Acquisition and sale of private real estate 23,74

EMPLOYMENT

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LABOUR MARKET

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