Salantai

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Salantai
Coat of arms of Salantai
Coat of arms
Salantai (Lithuania)
Salantai
Salantai
Location of Salantai
Coordinates: 56°4′0″N 21°34′0″E / 56.06667, 21.56667
Country Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Klaipėda County
Municipality Kretinga district municipality
Capital of Salantai rural elderate
First mentioned 1565
Granted city rights 1746
Population (2005)
 - Total 1,887
 - Rank 81st
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Salantai is a city in Lithuania. It is located in Klaipėda county, Kretinga district.

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This town is known for two famed rabbis: Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter and his teacher Rabbi Zundel Salant, who spent most of his life in Salantai.

Salantai Church
Salantai Church

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