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Fun fact 1 about Klaipėda

Quite summer evening in the port city Klaipeda
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Klaipėda was officially named Memel from 1252 to 1923 and again from 1939 to 1945.

Klaipėda
Lithuania
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Klaipėda

Lithuania

Country
Lithuania
Population
152.6K
Coordinates
55.71, 21.14
902nd most populous city in the world

Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the third-largest city in Lithuania, the fifth-largest city in the Baltic states, the capital of Klaipėda County, the only major seaport in the country and the busiest port in the Baltic states.

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