Šiauliai
Šiauliai | |
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City municipality | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Saulės miestas (The City of the Sun) | |
Location of Šiauliai in Lithuania | |
Šiauliai Šiauliai | |
| Coordinates: 55°56′N 23°19′E / 55.933°N 23.317°E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County | Šiauliai County |
| Municipality | Šiauliai city municipality |
| Capital of | Šiauliai County Šiauliai city municipality Šiauliai district municipality |
| First mentioned | 1236 |
| Granted city rights | 1589 |
| Elderships | Rekyva, Medelynas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Artūras Visockas |
| Area | |
• City municipality | 81.13 km2 (31.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• City municipality | 112,581 |
| • Density | 1,388/km2 (3,594/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 140,379 |
| Demonym(s) | Šiaulian(s) (English) šiauliečiai (Lithuanian) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 76xxx |
| Area code | (+370) 41 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | siauliai |
Šiauliai (/ʃaʊˈleɪ/ show-LAY; Lithuanian: [ɕɛʊ̯ˈlʲɛɪ̯ˑ] ⓘ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the country's fourth largest city and the sixth largest city in the Baltic states, with a population of 112,581 in 2024. From 1994 to 2010, it was the capital of Šiauliai County.