Rietavas (Lithuania)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
ריטובה (ליטא)
Name (Latin)
Rietavas (Lithuania)
Other forms of name
Riṭovah (Lithuania)
Ritavas (Lithuania)
Riṭeṿe (Lithuania)
Retavas (Lithuania)
Retowo (Lithuania)
Rietavo (Lithuania)
Retovo (Lithuania)
ריטעווע (ליטא)
רטווס (ליטא)
Coordinates
21.92777778 21.92777778 55.725 55.725 (gooearth )
Associated country
Lithuania
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Sefer Riṭovah, 1975 (subj.)t.p. (Riṭovah) added t.p. (Ritavas) p. 208 (Riṭeṿe)
- Col. Lipp. gaz., 1962(Rietavas; Retavas; Retovo; town in W. Lithuania)
- BGN tel. call 5/12/81(Rietavas; 55p0s44ʹN 21p0s56ʹE, ppl; var. Retavas; Retowo; Rietavo)
Wikipedia description:
Rietavas (; Samogitian: Rėitavs; Polish: Retów) is a town in Lithuania on the Jūra River. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,979. It is the capital of Rietavas municipality. The town is famous for building the first power station to produce electricity in Lithuania in 1892. The first telephone line in Lithuania was also built here.
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