Karkliniai

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Karkliniai
Village
House of Culture
Karkliniai
Location of Karkliniai
Coordinates: 54°31′50″N 23°09′50″E / 54.53056°N 23.16389°E / 54.53056; 23.16389Coordinates: 54°31′50″N 23°09′50″E / 54.53056°N 23.16389°E / 54.53056; 23.16389
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Suvalkija
County Marijampolė County
Municipality Vilkaviškis district municipality
Eldership Keturvalakiai eldership
Population (2001)
 • Total 485
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://www.karkliniai.blogspot.com

Karkliniai is a village in southwest Lithuania, Vilkaviškis district. According to census of 2001, it had a population of 484.[1] Near flows the river Rausvė.

History

Since the nineteenth century until 1914 village was volost district center. At the end of 1905 the workers of Karkliniai estate were on strike. After the First World War in 1927 in Karkliniai estate was founded The Girls' Lower Agricultural School.

References

  1. ↑ (Lithuanian) Marijampolės apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai. Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. p. 73. ISBN 9986-589-89-4. 
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