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Administration

Full name

Alytus County

Official name

Alytus County

Native name

Alytaus apskritis

Native name lang

Settlement type

County

Country

Lithuania

Government

Capital

Alytus

County governor

Eugenijus Palavinskas

Geography

Total Area

2094.1 sq mi (5425 km2)

Demography

Total Population

177040 (7th of 10) (2008)

Density (pop.)

auto/km² (0/sq mi)

Other information

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

- Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

ISO 3166 code

LT-AL

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Alytus County (Lithuanian: Alytaus apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the southernmost county, and its capital is the city of Alytus. Its territory lies within the ethnographic region of Dzūkija.

The town of Druskininkai, a spa visited for its healing waters, is located in Alytus County, as is Grūtas Park, also known as Stalin World, a Soviet theme park. There are more than 420 lakes in Alytus County.

The municipalities in Alytus County are:

* Alytus city municipality

* Alytus district municipality

* Druskininkai municipality

* Lazdijai district municipality

* Varėna district municipality

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