Vilkaviškis

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Vilkaviškis
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Vilkaviškis Location of Vilkaviškis
Coordinates: 54°39′0″N 23°02′0″E / 54.65, 23.03333
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Suvalkija
County	Marijampolė County
Municipality	Vilkaviskis district municipality
Capital of	Vilkaviškis district municipality Vilkaviškis city eldorate Šeimena rural eldorate
First mentioned	1561
Granted city rights	1660
Population (2005)
- Total	13,102
- Rank	29th
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Vilkaviškis (pronunciation (help·info) is a city in southwestern Lithuania, 25 km northeast from Marijampolė, on a bank of River Šeimena. The city got its name from the River Vilkauja a tributary to River Šeimena. Initially named Vilkaujiškis the name was later changed to an easier to pronounce form Vilkaviškis. Until 1940 the city had a large Jewish Community which was annihilated by the Nazis and their local collaborators.

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(Lithuanian) Short history

• History of the Jewish shtetl in Vilkaviškis