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Lithuanian ethnographic region
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Samogitia (Lithuanian: Žemaitija, meaning lowlands) is a region in the northwest of Lithuania. It's bordered to the west by the Baltic coast and Lithuania Minor, to the south by Sūduva, to the east by Aukštaitija and to the north by Latvia.
Palanga (PLQ) is the regional airport, with seasonal flights from London Stansted, Dublin, Oslo, Copenhagen and Riga. There's much more choice flying into Kaunas or Vilnius.
Read in the guideYou can explore the towns on foot, and reach Žemaičių Kalvarija and Hill of Crosses by bus. But you really need a vehicle to get around the countryside.
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Šiauliai (show-LAY) is an industrial city in Samogitia, the northwest region of Lithuania, though it borders Aukštaitija the northeast region. It's the country's fourth largest city: in 2023 the population was 40,434, with a total of about 108,000 across the metropolis.
Palanga is a seaside resort in the Samogitia region of Lithuania. It includes a string of smaller resorts from the edge of Klaipėda city to the border with Latvia and the regional airport; in 2023 it had a population of 18,132.
Kretinga is a city in Samogitia in the west of Lithuania, with a population of 17,249 in 2021. It's one of the oldest cities in the country, but repeatedly wrecked, so what you see now is mostly modern.
Plungė is a town in the Samogitia region of Lithuania, with a population of 17,000 in 2022. The main reason to come this way is for Samogitia National Park.
Telšiai is the chief city of Samogitia region in Lithuania, with a population of about 22,000 in 2023. It's industrial but has preserved many buildings of its Old Town.
Tytuvėnai is a town in the Samogitia region of Lithuania, with a population of 1805 in 2021. The main reason to visit is its monastery and associated churches.
Mažeikiai is a city in Samogitia in the northwest of Lithuania. It's the country's eighth largest city, with a population of 32,470 in 2020.
Židikai is a village in the Samogitia region of Lithuania, with a population of 364 in 2021. The writer Marija Pečkauskaitė lived here from 1915 for the last 15 years of her life.
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