Skuodas

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Skuodas
Location Coat of Arms
Location
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Klaipėda County
Municipality Skuodas district municipality
Elderate Skuodas town elderate
Coordinates 56°16′0″N, 21°32′0″E
General Information
Capital of Skuodas district municipality
Skuodas town elderate
Population 7,598 in 2005 (43rd)
First mentioned 1259
Granted city rights 1572

Skuodas is a town in Klaipeda County, northwestern Lithuania, on the border with Latvia. Bartuva river flows through the town. The town has a population of 7,896 (2001 census).

[edit] See also

Skuodas district municipality