Palanga

Palanga
Palanga
City
	Top to bottom, left to right: Jono Basanavičiaus Street, Old wooden resort villa, Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Palanga Beach, Palanga Pier
	Coat of arms
	Nickname: Vasaros sostinė (Summer Capital)
	Interactive map of Palanga
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	Coordinates: 55°55′N 21°4′E / 55.917°N 21.067°E
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Klaipėda County
Municipality	Palanga city municipality
First mentioned	1161
Granted city rights	1791
Elderships	Šventoji eldership
Area
• Total	79 km2 (31 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2023)
• Total	18,132
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	LT-00001
Dialing code	370
Website	palanga.lt

Palanga (pronunciation^ⓘ; Samogitian: Palonga; Polish: Połąga; German: Polangen) is a resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea.

Palanga is the busiest and the largest summer resort in Lithuania and has sandy beaches (18 km, 11 miles long and up to 300 metres, 1000 ft wide) and sand dunes.^[2]^[3]

Officially Palanga has the status of a city municipality and includes Šventoji, Nemirseta, Būtingė, Palanga International Airport and other settlements, which are considered as part of the city of Palanga.

^ "GYVENTOJAI GYVENAMOSIOSE VIETOVĖSE" (XLSX). Osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^ "Palanga City". Randburg.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
^ "Palanga City in Lithuania". Adventures.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[1] "GYVENTOJAI GYVENAMOSIOSE VIETOVĖSE" (XLSX). Osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[2] "Palanga City". Randburg.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-07-31.

[3] "Palanga City in Lithuania". Adventures.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

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