Lithuania

About Lithuania

Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, one of the 45 countries of Europe on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Lithuania. In Arabic, the name is written ليتوانيا, and the capital فيلنيوس. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Lithuania is Vilnius. Vilnius lies at about 55° north and 25° east. The official language of Lithuania is Lithuanian. Its currency is the Euro, with the symbol ⁨€⁩ and the international code EUR. 24 other countries use the same currency, including France, Spain, and Germany.

Lithuania covers about 65,300 square kilometres, which puts it 121st by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 4 countries: Russia, Poland, Belarus, and Latvia. The largest of these neighbours by area is Russia. Other countries in Northern Europe include Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flag of Bolivia, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Europe quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Lithuania with the other countries of the same region.