Biržai

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Biržai is a historic town in northern Lithuania known for its castle, karst landscapes, and role as a regional cultural center.

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Label Occurrences
Biržai canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 56.2000 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 24.7500 ⓘ
country Lithuania ⓘ
crossedBy Agluona River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apaščia River NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedAround Biržai Castle ⓘ
distanceTo about 66 km north of Panevėžys ⓘ
near the Latvian border ⓘ
foundedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Biržai Regional Museum "Sėla" ⓘ
Biržai public library ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
brewing industry ⓘ
food industry ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Biržai "Aušros" Gymnasium ⓘ
Biržai "Saulės" Gymnasium ⓘ
hasFeature Astravas Manor ⓘ
Biržai Castle ⓘ
karst landscapes ⓘ
sinkholes ⓘ
Širvėna Lake ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus urban heritage site ⓘ
hasPopulation around 12000 ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Biržai Regional Park vicinity ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Church of St. John the Baptist ⓘ
Evangelical Reformed Church of Biržai ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy Radziwiłł family ⓘ
historicalRegion Samogitian–Lithuanian borderland ⓘ
linked to: Samogitia
isOnShoreOf Širvėna Lake ⓘ
knownFor Biržai Castle ⓘ
beer brewing traditions ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
karst phenomena ⓘ
languageUsed Lithuanian ⓘ
locatedIn northern Lithuania ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Biržai District Municipality ⓘ
Panevėžys County ⓘ
minorityLanguageUsed Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
near Biržai Regional Park ⓘ
partOf Aukštaitija ⓘ
roadConnection connected by regional roads to Panevėžys ⓘ
connected by regional roads to Pasvalys ⓘ
role regional cultural center ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aukštaitija → majorCity → Biržai ⓘ