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The city is the capital of Kaunas County, and the seat of the Kaunas city municipality and the Kaunas District Municipality. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas.
Jan 18, 2021 · The current site of Kaunas City and the old town at the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris rivers has long had inhabitants. One of the main first settlements that grew up to become the present day Kaunas old town, was first mentioned by the chroniclers in 1361.
The institution representing Kaunas municipality, elected in March, 1990, was initially called the Council of People‘s Deputies of Kaunas City, and consisted of 100 deputies. In April 1990, it was renamed the Kaunas City Council, and in July 1994, the Municipality Council of Kaunas City.
Jan 5, 2021 · First of all, there is only a step left – only one year – until 2022, when Kaunas will become the European Capital of Culture. In addition, a number of important works for the city are planned to be completed in the coming years.
Jun 11, 2018 · KAUNAS (Pol. Kowno; Rus. Kovno; Ger. under Nazi occupation, Kauen), city in Lithuania situated at the confluence of the rivers Viliya and Neman. Formerly in Poland-Lithuania, it passed to Russia in 1795, was occupied by Germany in World War i (1915–18), and became capital of the independent Lithuanian Republic from 1920 to 1939.
Kaunas District Municipality (Kauno rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kaunas, which does not belong to the municipality but is a separate administrative unit.
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During the first millennia of imperial rule, Beijing was a provincial city in northern China. Its stature grew in the 10th to the 13th centuries when the nomadic Khitan and forest-dwelling Jurchen peoples from beyond the Great Wall expanded southward and made the city a capital of their dynasties, the Liao and Jin.
