Skuodas

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Skuodas
Coat of arms of Skuodas
Coat of arms
Skuodas (Lithuania)
Skuodas
Skuodas
Location of Skuodas
Coordinates: 56°16′0″N 21°32′0″E / 56.26667, 21.53333
Country Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Klaipėda County
Municipality Skuodas district municipality
Elderate Skuodas town elderate
Capital of Skuodas district municipality
Skuodas town elderate
First mentioned 1259
Granted city rights 1572
Population (2005)
 - Total 7,598
 - Rank 43rd
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Sculpture for Jonas Chodkevičius in Skuodas
Sculpture for Jonas Chodkevičius in Skuodas

Skuodas is a town in Klaipeda County, northwestern Lithuania, on the border with Latvia. Bartuva river flows through the town.

[edit] See also

Skuodas district municipality