Ignalina district municipality | second-level administrative division

Lithuania / Utenos / Dukstas /
 municipality, invisible, second-level administrative division
Located in northeastern Lithuania, borders on Belarus, covers 1447 km² area. Divided into 12 elderships. Admnistrative centre is Ignalina, smaler city is Dūkštas.
Municipality is famous for amazing nature beauty formed by glacier. Western municipality part of preserved by Aukštaitija National Park. Huge number of ethnographical, cultural, historical, natural heritage are visited by lots of tourist. Vast lakeland (203 lakes) are very popular by watersport fans. The longest rivers are Žeimena and Dysna. There are many village estates and camping for visitors. Ignalina is called the Winter Capital for winter enertainment resorts.
www.ignalina.lt/lit/IMG/2
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignalina_district_municipality
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Coordinates:   55°24'41"N   26°20'57"E
This article was last modified 15 years ago