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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A" title="شياولياي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="شياولياي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawllay" title="Shawllay – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Shawllay" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eyaulyay" title="Şyaulyay – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şyaulyay" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9" title="Шаўляй – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Шаўляй" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Шаўлі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Шаўлі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9" title="Шауляй – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Шауляй" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_(kapital_sa_lalawigan)" title="Šiauliai (kapital sa lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Šiauliai (kapital sa lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%B9" title="Σιαουλιάι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σιαουλιάι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_(%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1)" title="شولی (شهر) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شولی (شهر)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%A4%EC%9A%B8%EB%9E%B4%EC%9D%B4" title="샤울랴이 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="샤울랴이" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B5" title="Շյաուլյայ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շյաուլյայ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9" title="Шяуляй – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Шяуляй" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%99" title="שיאוליאי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שיאוליאי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98)" title="შიაულიაი (ქალაქი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="შიაულიაი (ქალაქი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ltg mw-list-item"><a href="https://ltg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0auli" title="Šauli – Latgalian" lang="ltg" hreflang="ltg" data-title="Šauli" data-language-autonym="Latgaļu" data-language-local-name="Latgalian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latgaļu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0au%C4%BCi" title="Šauļi – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Šauļi" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%98" title="შიაულიაი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="შიაულიაი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%89" title="شياولياى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شياولياى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9" title="Шяуляй – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Шяуляй" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9" title="Шяуляй – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Шяуляй" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4" title="シャウレイ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シャウレイ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9" title="Шяуляй – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Шяуляй" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9" title="Шяуляй – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Шяуляй" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyaulyay" title="Shyaulyay – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Shyaulyay" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="شیاؤلیائی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="شیاؤلیائی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szawle" title="Szawle – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Szawle" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9" title="Шяуляй – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Шяуляй" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%94%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Шавєль – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Шавєль" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%99%D0%B0%D1%98" title="Шјауљај – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Шјауљај" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C" title="เช็วเลย์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เช็วเลย์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9" title="Шяуляй – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Шяуляй" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="شئولئی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="شئولئی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0%C3%A4ul%C3%A4i" title="Šäuläi – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Šäuläi" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%8C%E5%A5%A5%E5%88%A9%E8%89%BE" title="希奥利艾 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="希奥利艾" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%AF%E5%A5%A7%E5%88%A9%E8%89%BE" title="斯奧利艾 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="斯奧利艾" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Šiauliai – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Šiauliai" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" 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.tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:267px;max-width:267px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:265px;max-width:265px"><div style="border:1;;height:174px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cathedral_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_in_%C5%A0iauliai,_Lithuania_in_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hill_of_Crosses_1%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lithuania.JPG/143px-Hill_of_Crosses_1%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lithuania.JPG" decoding="async" width="143" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hill_of_Crosses_1%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lithuania.JPG/215px-Hill_of_Crosses_1%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lithuania.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hill_of_Crosses_1%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lithuania.JPG/286px-Hill_of_Crosses_1%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lithuania.JPG 2x" data-file-width="7999" data-file-height="4849" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Hill_of_Crosses" title="Hill of Crosses">Hill of Crosses</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:124px;max-width:124px"><div style="border:1;;height:91px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Siauliainakti7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Siauliainakti7.jpg/122px-Siauliainakti7.jpg" decoding="async" width="122" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Siauliainakti7.jpg/183px-Siauliainakti7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Siauliainakti7.jpg/244px-Siauliainakti7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div><div>Šiauliai Boulevard</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:139px;max-width:139px"><div style="border:1;;height:91px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rekyvos_ezeras.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rekyvos_ezeras.jpg/137px-Rekyvos_ezeras.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rekyvos_ezeras.jpg/206px-Rekyvos_ezeras.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rekyvos_ezeras.jpg/274px-Rekyvos_ezeras.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Lake_R%C4%97kyva" title="Lake Rėkyva">Lake Rėkyva</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:265px;max-width:265px"><div style="border:1;;height:153px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayuntamiento_de_Siauliai,_Lituania,_2012-08-09,_DD_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ayuntamiento_de_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_02.JPG/263px-Ayuntamiento_de_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="263" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Ayuntamiento_de_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_02.JPG/395px-Ayuntamiento_de_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_02.JPG 1.5x, 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title="Flag of Šiauliai"><img alt="Flag of Šiauliai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_%C5%A0iauliai.svg/100px-Flag_of_%C5%A0iauliai.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_%C5%A0iauliai.svg/150px-Flag_of_%C5%A0iauliai.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_%C5%A0iauliai.svg/200px-Flag_of_%C5%A0iauliai.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="400" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%A0iauliai_COA_great.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Šiauliai"><img alt="Coat of arms of Šiauliai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%C5%A0iauliai_COA_great.svg/98px-%C5%A0iauliai_COA_great.svg.png" decoding="async" width="98" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%C5%A0iauliai_COA_great.svg/147px-%C5%A0iauliai_COA_great.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%C5%A0iauliai_COA_great.svg/195px-%C5%A0iauliai_COA_great.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="819" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Saulės miestas <i>(<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saule" title="Battle of Saule">The City of the Sun</a>)</i></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container floatright" style="width: 325px; height: 325px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="325" data-height="325" data-zoom="10" data-lat="55.93" data-lon="23.317" 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this location"><span class="latitude">55°56′N</span> <span class="longitude">23°19′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.933°N 23.317°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.933; 23.317</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Lithuania">Ethnographic region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samogitia" title="Samogitia">Samogitia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="List of counties of Lithuania">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_County" title="Šiauliai County">Šiauliai County</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="List of municipalities of Lithuania">Municipality</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Šiauliai city municipality</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">Capital of</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_County" title="Šiauliai County">Šiauliai County</a> <br /> Šiauliai city municipality <br /> <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_district_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Šiauliai district municipality">Šiauliai district municipality</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First mentioned</th><td class="infobox-data">1236</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Granted <a href="/wiki/Magdeburg_rights" title="Magdeburg rights">city rights</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1589</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Elderships_of_Lithuania" title="Elderships of Lithuania">Elderships</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>Medelynas eldership, Rėkyva eldership</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Artūras Visockas</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • City municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">81.13 km<sup>2</sup> (31.32 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">151 m (495 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2024<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • City municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">112,581</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,400/km<sup>2</sup> (3,600/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">140,379<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="English-language text"><span lang="en">Šiaulian(s)</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>)<br /> <span title="Lithuanian-language text"><i lang="lt">šiauliečiai</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_language" title="Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">76xxx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">(+370) 41</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">Dfb</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://siauliai.lt">siauliai<wbr />.lt</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Šiauliai</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/aʊ/: 'ou' in 'mouth'">aʊ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">show-<span style="font-size:90%">LAY</span></i></a>; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Lithuanian:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="lt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Lithuanian" title="Help:IPA/Lithuanian">[ɕɛʊ̯ˈlʲɛɪ̯ˑ]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/6\/6b\/Siauliai.ogg\/Siauliai.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Siauliai.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/Siauliai.ogg/Siauliai.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Siauliai.ogg" title="File:Siauliai.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) is a city in northern <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Lithuania" title="List of cities in Lithuania">country's fourth largest city</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_Baltic_states_by_population" title="List of cities in the Baltic states by population">sixth largest city</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltic States">Baltic States</a>, with a population of 112 581 in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_County" title="Šiauliai County">Šiauliai County</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names">Names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different languages: <a href="/wiki/Samogitian_language" title="Samogitian language">Samogitian</a> <span title="Samogitian-language text"><i lang="sgs">Šiaulē</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Latvian_language" title="Latvian language">Latvian</a> <span title="Latvian-language text"><i lang="lv">Saule</i></span> (historic) and <span title="Latvian-language text"><i lang="lv">Šauļi</i></span> (modern); <a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a> <span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl">Szawle</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish" title="Help:IPA/Polish">[ˈʂavlɛ]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Schaulen</i></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈʃaʊ̯lən]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled 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href="/wiki/File:De-Schaulen.ogg" title="File:De-Schaulen.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_language" title="Belarusian language">Belarusian</a> <span title="Belarusian-language text"><span lang="be">Шаўляй</span></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="be-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Belarusian" title="Help:IPA/Belarusian">[ʂau̯ˈlʲaj]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Шавли</span></span> <span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Šavli</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">[ˈʂavlʲɪ]</a></span> (historic) and <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Шяуляй</span></span> <span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Šjauljaj</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">[ʂɐʊˈlʲaj]</a></span> (modern); <a href="/wiki/Yiddish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yiddish language">Yiddish</a> <span title="Yiddish-language text"><span lang="yi" dir="rtl">שאַװל</span></span> <span title="Yiddish-language romanization"><i lang="yi-Latn">Shavel</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Siauliai-Saule_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siauliai-Saule-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SiauliaiVle_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SiauliaiVle-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%A0iauliai_church_in_19th_c.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/%C5%A0iauliai_church_in_19th_c.jpg/220px-%C5%A0iauliai_church_in_19th_c.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/%C5%A0iauliai_church_in_19th_c.jpg/330px-%C5%A0iauliai_church_in_19th_c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/%C5%A0iauliai_church_in_19th_c.jpg/440px-%C5%A0iauliai_church_in_19th_c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="551" /></a><figcaption>Cathedral of Šiauliai, 19th century</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Calle_Vilnius,_Siauliai,_Lituania,_2012-08-09,_DD_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Calle_Vilnius%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_01.JPG/220px-Calle_Vilnius%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Calle_Vilnius%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_01.JPG/330px-Calle_Vilnius%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Calle_Vilnius%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_01.JPG/440px-Calle_Vilnius%2C_Siauliai%2C_Lituania%2C_2012-08-09%2C_DD_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5313" data-file-height="2759" /></a><figcaption>Vilnius Street in Šiauliai</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chaimas_Frenkelis_Villa_-_panoramio_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Chaimas_Frenkelis_Villa_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/220px-Chaimas_Frenkelis_Villa_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Chaimas_Frenkelis_Villa_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/330px-Chaimas_Frenkelis_Villa_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Chaimas_Frenkelis_Villa_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/440px-Chaimas_Frenkelis_Villa_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Chaimas Frenkelis Villa</figcaption></figure> <p>The city was first mentioned in written sources as <i>Soule</i> in <a href="/wiki/Livonian_Order" title="Livonian Order">Livonian Order</a> chronicles describing the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saule" title="Battle of Saule">Battle of Saule</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Siauliai-Saule_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siauliai-Saule-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus the city's founding date is now considered to be 22 September 1236, the same date when the battle took place, not far from Šiauliai.<sup id="cite_ref-Siauliai-Saule_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siauliai-Saule-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At first, it developed as a defence post against the raids by the <a href="/wiki/Teutonic_Knights" class="mw-redirect" title="Teutonic Knights">Teutonic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Livonian_Order" title="Livonian Order">Livonian Orders</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grunwald" title="Battle of Grunwald">Battle of Grunwald</a> in 1410, the raids stopped and Šiauliai started to develop as an agricultural settlement. In 1445, a wooden church was built. It was replaced in 1625 with the brick church which can be seen in the city center today.<sup id="cite_ref-Town_history_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Town_history-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Šiauliai was granted <a href="/wiki/Magdeburg_rights" title="Magdeburg rights">Magdeburg city rights</a> in the 16th century when it also became an administrative centre of the area.<sup id="cite_ref-SiauliuIstorija_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SiauliuIstorija-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in the 16th to 18th centuries the city was devastated by <a href="/wiki/Deluge_(history)" title="Deluge (history)">The Deluge</a> and epidemics of the <a href="/wiki/Bubonic_plague" title="Bubonic plague">Bubonic plague</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Town_history_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Town_history-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SiauliuIstorija_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SiauliuIstorija-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The credit for the city's rebirth goes to <a href="/wiki/Antoni_Tyzenhaus" class="mw-redirect" title="Antoni Tyzenhaus">Antoni Tyzenhaus</a> (1733–1785) who after a violent revolt of peasants of the Crown properties in Northern Lithuania (so-called in Polish: Powstanie Szawelskie, 1769), started the radical economic and urban reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-merkys_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merkys-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SiauliuIstorija_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SiauliuIstorija-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He decided to rebuild the city according to the <a href="/wiki/Classicism" title="Classicism">Classicism</a> ideas: at first houses were built randomly in a radial shape, but Tyzenhaus decided to build the city in an orderly rectangular grid. Šiauliai grew to become a well-developed city, with several prominent brick buildings.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1791 <a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_August_Poniatowski" title="Stanisław August Poniatowski">Stanisław August Poniatowski</a>, king of the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a>, confirmed once again that Šiauliai's city rights and granted it a <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> which depicted a bear, the symbol of <a href="/wiki/Samogitia" title="Samogitia">Samogitia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Providence" title="Eye of Providence">Eye of Providence</a>, and a red bull, the symbol of the Poniatowski family. The modern coat of arms has been modelled after this version. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Partitions_of_Poland" title="Partitions of Poland">Partitions of Poland</a>, Šiauliai received a new coat of arms. The city grew and became an important educational and cultural centre. Also, infrastructure was rapidly developing: in 1836–1858 a road connecting <a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sovetsk,_Kaliningrad_Oblast" title="Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast">Tilsit</a> was built, in 1871 a <a href="/wiki/Libau%E2%80%93Romny_Railway" title="Libau–Romny Railway">railroad connecting Liepāja with Romny</a> was built.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Šiauliai, being in a crossroad of important merchant routes, started to develop as an industrial town. Already in 1897, it was the third-largest city in Lithuania with a population of about 16,000. The demographics changed also: 56.4% of the inhabitants were Jewish in 1909. Šiauliai was known for its leather industry. Chaim Frenkel owned the biggest leather factory in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I_and_independent_Lithuania">World War I and independent Lithuania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War I and independent Lithuania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_parade_in_%C5%A0iauliai,_commemorating_the_day_of_the_gathering_of_the_Constituent_Assembly_of_Lithuania_(15_May_1928).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Military_parade_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_commemorating_the_day_of_the_gathering_of_the_Constituent_Assembly_of_Lithuania_%2815_May_1928%29.jpg/220px-Military_parade_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_commemorating_the_day_of_the_gathering_of_the_Constituent_Assembly_of_Lithuania_%2815_May_1928%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Military_parade_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_commemorating_the_day_of_the_gathering_of_the_Constituent_Assembly_of_Lithuania_%2815_May_1928%29.jpg/330px-Military_parade_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_commemorating_the_day_of_the_gathering_of_the_Constituent_Assembly_of_Lithuania_%2815_May_1928%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Military_parade_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_commemorating_the_day_of_the_gathering_of_the_Constituent_Assembly_of_Lithuania_%2815_May_1928%29.jpg/440px-Military_parade_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_commemorating_the_day_of_the_gathering_of_the_Constituent_Assembly_of_Lithuania_%2815_May_1928%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="506" /></a><figcaption>Parade of the <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Armed_Forces" title="Lithuanian Armed Forces">Lithuanian Armed Forces</a> in Šiauliai in 1928</figcaption></figure> <p>During World War I, about 85% of the buildings were burned down and the city centre was destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-Town_history_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Town_history-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war and re-establishment of Lithuania, the importance of Šiauliai grew. Before <a href="/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da" title="Klaipėda">Klaipėda</a> was attached to Lithuania, the city was second after Kaunas by <a href="/wiki/Population_size" title="Population size">population size</a>. By 1929 the city centre was rebuilt. Modern utilities were also included: streets were lighted and there was public transportation, telephone and telegraph lines, <a href="/wiki/Water_supply_network" title="Water supply network">water supply network</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sanitary_sewer" title="Sanitary sewer">sewer</a>. </p><p>The first years of independence were difficult because the industrial city lost its markets in Russia. It needed to find new clients in Western Europe. In 1932, a railroad to Klaipėda was built and it connected the city to the Western markets. In 1938, the city produced about 85% of Lithuania's leather, 60% of footwear, 75% of <a href="/wiki/Flax" title="Flax">flax</a> fibre and 35% of candies. Culture also flourished as many new periodicals were printed, new schools and universities opened, a library, theatre, museum, and conventional school opened. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_Ghetto" title="Šiauliai Ghetto">Šiauliai Ghetto</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Šiauliai Offensive">Šiauliai Offensive</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Soldiers_of_the_Wehrmacht_in_%C5%A0iauliai,_Lithuania_in_1941.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Soldiers_of_the_Wehrmacht_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_1941.jpg/220px-Soldiers_of_the_Wehrmacht_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_1941.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Soldiers_of_the_Wehrmacht_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_1941.jpg/330px-Soldiers_of_the_Wehrmacht_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_1941.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Soldiers_of_the_Wehrmacht_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_1941.jpg/440px-Soldiers_of_the_Wehrmacht_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_1941.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="535" /></a><figcaption>Soldiers of the <i><a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a></i> in Šiauliai in 1941</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1939, one-fifth of the city's population was Jewish.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German soldiers</a> entered Šiauliai on June 26, 1941. The first mass murder of Šiauliai Jews was perpetrated in the Kužiai forest, about 12 kilometres outside Šiauliai, on June 29, 1941. According to one of the Jewish survivors of Šiauliai, <a href="/wiki/Nesse_Godin" title="Nesse Godin">Nesse Godin</a>, some 700 people were shot in nearby woods during the first weeks of occupation after having been forced to dig their own graves. Beginning on July 29, 1941, and continuing throughout the summer, the Germans murdered about 8,000 Jews from Šiauliai and the Šiauliai region in the Kužiai forest. One hundred twenty-five Jews from <a href="/wiki/Linkuva" title="Linkuva">Linkuva</a> were also murdered there, along with ethnic Lithuanian and Russian members of the Communist Party and the Communist Youth.<sup id="cite_ref-HAL89_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HAL89-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_Ghetto" title="Šiauliai Ghetto">Šiauliai Ghetto</a> was established in July 1941. There were two <a href="/wiki/Ghettos_in_Nazi-occupied_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe">Jewish ghetto</a> areas in Šiauliai, one in the Kaukas suburb, and one in Trakų. During World War II, the Jewish population was reduced from 8,000 to 500. Approximately 80% of the buildings were destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-EJ_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EJ-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_era">Soviet era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Soviet era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1991_01_13%C5%A0iauliai12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/1991_01_13%C5%A0iauliai12.jpg/220px-1991_01_13%C5%A0iauliai12.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/1991_01_13%C5%A0iauliai12.jpg/330px-1991_01_13%C5%A0iauliai12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/1991_01_13%C5%A0iauliai12.jpg/440px-1991_01_13%C5%A0iauliai12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2160" data-file-height="1460" /></a><figcaption>Šiauliai 13 January 1991, after the Soviet Army killed peaceful civilians during the <a href="/wiki/January_Events_(Lithuania)" class="mw-redirect" title="January Events (Lithuania)">January Events</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The city was largely rebuilt anew in a typical Soviet fashion during the years of subsequent <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states_by_the_Soviet_Union_(1944)" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union (1944)">Soviet occupation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mayors">Mayors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mayors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1990–1991: Kazimieras Šavinis</li> <li>1991–1995: Arvydas Salda</li> <li>1995–2000: Alfredas Lankauskas</li> <li>2000–2002: Vida Stasiūnaitė</li> <li>2002–2003: Vaclovas Volkovas</li> <li>2003–2007: Vytautas Juškus</li> <li>2007–2011: Genadijus Mikšys</li> <li>2011–2015: Justinas Sartauskas</li> <li>2015–present: Artūras Visockas</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Šiauliai located in eastern part of the northern plateau, Mūša, Dubysa and <a href="/wiki/Venta_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Venta River">Venta River</a> divide. Distance of 210 kilometres (130 miles) to Vilnius, Kaunas – 142 km (88 mi), Klaipėda – 161 km (100 mi), Riga – 128 km (80 mi), Kaliningrad – 250 km (155 mi). The total <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">city area</a> 81.13 square kilometres (31.32 sq mi), from the green areas 18.87 square kilometres (7.29 sq mi), water – 12.78 square kilometres (4.93 sq mi). Urban land outside perimeter of the administrative 70,317 kilometres (43,693 miles). </p><p>Altitude: Rėkyvos the lake water level – 129.8 m (425.85 ft) <a href="/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">above sea level</a>, Talsos lake level – 103.0 m (337.93 ft) in the city center – 128.4 m (421.26 ft), Salduvės Hill – 149.7 m (491.14 ft) above sea level. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water">Water</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Water"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rekyvos_ezeras_su_aitvarais.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Rekyvos_ezeras_su_aitvarais.jpg/220px-Rekyvos_ezeras_su_aitvarais.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Rekyvos_ezeras_su_aitvarais.jpg/330px-Rekyvos_ezeras_su_aitvarais.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Rekyvos_ezeras_su_aitvarais.jpg/440px-Rekyvos_ezeras_su_aitvarais.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="662" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kiteboarding" title="Kiteboarding">Kiteboarding</a> on the Lake Rėkyva</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Talksos_ezeras_20151125.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Talksos_ezeras_20151125.jpg/220px-Talksos_ezeras_20151125.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Talksos_ezeras_20151125.jpg/330px-Talksos_ezeras_20151125.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Talksos_ezeras_20151125.jpg/440px-Talksos_ezeras_20151125.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Lake Talkša in late autumn</figcaption></figure> <p>The total water area – 1,280 ha, 15.7% in urban areas. </p> <ul><li><b>Šiauliai Lakes</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_R%C4%97kyva" title="Lake Rėkyva">Lake Rėkyva</a>, 1,179 ha</li> <li>Lake Talkša, 56.2 ha</li> <li>Lake Ginkūnai, 16.6 ha</li></ul></li> <li><b>Rivers</b> <ul><li>Kulpė</li> <li>Rūdė</li> <li>Vijolė</li> <li>Švedė</li> <li>Šimša</li> <li>Tilžė</li> <li>Šventupis</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>, Šiauliai has a <a href="/wiki/Warm-summer_humid_continental_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Warm-summer humid continental climate">warm-summer humid continental climate</a> (<i>Dfb</i>). The average temperature in January; −3 °C (27 °F) in July; +18 °C (64 °F). The amount of precipitation in a year – 620 mm (24.4 in). </p><p>In 1942, the city recorded the lowest Lithuania year mean temperature (+3.6 °C). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Šiauliai (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1937-present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.7<br />(96.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.7<br />(96.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9<br />(42.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(43.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.1<br />(31.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.9<br />(26.8) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.2<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.9<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.7<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.2<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.3<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.2<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.0<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.7<br />(25.3) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.2<br />(19.0) </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.7<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−21.3<br />(−6.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−36.0<br />(−32.8) </td> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−36.4<br />(−33.5) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27.0<br />(−16.6) </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.2<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(41.4) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.7<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.5<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−19.3<br />(−2.7) </td> <td style="background: #3E3EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−31.1<br />(−24.0) </td> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−36.4<br />(−33.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #BDFFBD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.2<br />(1.74) </td> <td style="background: #C5FFC5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.1<br />(1.38) </td> <td style="background: #C8FFC8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.3<br />(1.43) </td> <td style="background: #CBFFCB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(1.31) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.4<br />(2.14) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.0<br />(2.80) </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.5<br />(3.05) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.8<br />(2.71) </td> <td style="background: #ACFFAC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br />(2.12) </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.9<br />(2.83) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.3<br />(2.06) </td> <td style="background: #BBFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.4<br />(1.79) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">642.7<br />(25.30) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days </th> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.32 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.86 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.45 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.12 </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.65 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.04 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.12 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.36 </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.07 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.17 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.25 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.91 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">121.50 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000AD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">88 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000A1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">91 </td> <td style="background: #0000A5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">90 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">79 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #434343; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37 </td> <td style="background: #828282; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #B8B852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">125 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">176 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">263 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">277 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">261 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">243 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">166 </td> <td style="background: #ADAD96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">100 </td> <td style="background: #4F4F4F; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42 </td> <td style="background: #353535; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">29 </td> <td style="background: #C4C409; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,784 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Météo Climat<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: NOAA (extremes and sun),<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Time and Date (humidity and dewpoints, 2005-2015)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2001_09_23_%C5%A0iauli%C5%B3_diena0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Special:EditPage/Šiauliai">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2014</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1795, there were 3,700 people living in Šiauliai, rising to 16,128 by 1897, when it was the third-most populous city in Lithuania after <a href="/wiki/Kaunas" title="Kaunas">Kaunas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Town_history_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Town_history-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Jewish population of Šiauliai rose steadily through the second half of the nineteenth century, from 2,565 in 1847 to around 7,000 at century's end.<sup id="cite_ref-YIVO_article_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YIVO_article-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, 12,000 of the town's inhabitants were Jews, making Šiauliai majority Jewish.<sup id="cite_ref-YIVO_article_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YIVO_article-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A battlefield during World War I, Šiauliai saw thousands of its Jewish citizens flee, never to return.<sup id="cite_ref-YIVO_article_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YIVO_article-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1923, Šiauliai population's was third to that of Kaunas and Klaipėda. </p><p>According to the 2021 census, the city population was 100,653 people, of which:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanians" title="Lithuanians">Lithuanians</a> – 94.12% (94,735)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russians_in_Lithuania" title="Russians in Lithuania">Russians</a> – 3.15% (3,173)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainians_in_Lithuania" title="Ukrainians in Lithuania">Ukrainians</a> – 0.43% (436)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusians_in_Lithuania" title="Belarusians in Lithuania">Belarusians</a> – 0.25% (249)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poles_in_Lithuania" title="Poles in Lithuania">Poles</a> – 0.14% (138)</li> <li>Others / did not specify – 1.92% (1936)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ppc_saules_miestas2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Ppc_saules_miestas2.jpg/220px-Ppc_saules_miestas2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Ppc_saules_miestas2.jpg/330px-Ppc_saules_miestas2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Ppc_saules_miestas2.jpg/440px-Ppc_saules_miestas2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4578" data-file-height="3042" /></a><figcaption>Shopping centre <i>Saulės miestas</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Beginning in the 19th century, Šiauliai became an industrial centre. During the Russian Empire period, the city had the largest leather factory in the whole empire, owned by Chaim Frenkel. Šiauliai contributed to around 85% of all leather production in Lithuania, 60% of the footwear industry, 75% of the flax fibre industry, and 35% of the sweets industry.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During the Soviet years, the city produced electronics (<a href="/wiki/Nuklonas" title="Nuklonas">Nuklonas</a>), mechanical engineering, <a href="/wiki/Wood_processing" title="Wood processing">wood processing</a>, construction industry. Most of the industrial enterprises were concentrated in urban areas. </p><p>According to 2005 data,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the city has: </p> <ul><li>Manufacturing and service companies – 3195</li> <li>Commercial enterprises – 781</li> <li>Shopping centres – 30, including <ul><li>Akropolis, opened March 2009</li> <li>Saulės Miestas, opened March 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruklinas" title="Bruklinas">Bruklinas</a>, opened November 2007</li> <li>Tilžė, opened February 2008</li> <li>Arena, opened November 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <p>In 2020, construction of Europe's largest aircraft maintenance and repair centre will begin on the territory of <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_International_Airport" title="Šiauliai International Airport">Šiauliai International Airport</a>. The related company will repair <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A320" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A320">Airbus A320</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_Classic" title="Boeing 737 Classic">Boeing 737 Classic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_Next_Generation" title="Boeing 737 Next Generation">Boeing 737 Next Generation</a> aircraft and will also provide aircraft administration and parking services. It is planned that the centre will create 1000 new workplaces.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Didzdvario_gimnazija.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Didzdvario_gimnazija.jpg/250px-Didzdvario_gimnazija.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Didzdvario_gimnazija.jpg/375px-Didzdvario_gimnazija.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Didzdvario_gimnazija.jpg/500px-Didzdvario_gimnazija.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Didždvaris gymnasium</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%A0iauliai_State_College_in_2023_by_Lukas_Bartkus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/%C5%A0iauliai_State_College_in_2023_by_Lukas_Bartkus.jpg/250px-%C5%A0iauliai_State_College_in_2023_by_Lukas_Bartkus.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/%C5%A0iauliai_State_College_in_2023_by_Lukas_Bartkus.jpg/375px-%C5%A0iauliai_State_College_in_2023_by_Lukas_Bartkus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/%C5%A0iauliai_State_College_in_2023_by_Lukas_Bartkus.jpg/500px-%C5%A0iauliai_State_College_in_2023_by_Lukas_Bartkus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Šiauliai State College</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>1851 Boys' Gymnasium (now <a href="/wiki/Julius_Janonis_Gymnasium" class="mw-redirect" title="Julius Janonis Gymnasium">Julius Janonis Gymnasium</a>) was opened</li> <li>1898 Girls' Gymnasium (now Didždvaris Gymnasium) was opened</li> <li>1920 Jewish Gymnasium was opened</li> <li>1920 Šiauliai Teachers seminary was founded</li> <li>1928 Primary education became compulsory</li> <li>1930 Vincas Kudirka primary school was opened</li> <li>1939 The Institute of trade was moved from Klaipėda, it was the first Higher Education school in Šiauliai</li> <li>1948 Šiauliai Teachers Institute was founded, in 1954 it became Pedagogical Institute, and since 1996, when the Šiauliai faculty of <a href="/wiki/Kaunas_Polytechnic_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaunas Polytechnic Institute">Kaunas Polytechnic Institute</a> was connected, it is <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Šiauliai University">Šiauliai University</a>. In 2021 Šiauliai University was reorganised to Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy.</li></ul> <p>Students in the city (in 2006): </p> <ul><li>In Šiauliai University – 10,440</li> <li>In Šiauliai College – 2,770</li> <li>In Northern Lithuania College – 700</li> <li>In Šiauliai region College of Management and Languages – 517</li> <li>In Šiauliai Conservatory – 149</li> <li>In Šiauliai <a href="/wiki/Vocational_education" title="Vocational education">Vocational Training</a> Center – 2,663</li></ul> <p>There are 8 gymnasiums, 7 high schools, 16 secondary schools, 7 primary schools, 9 children's non-formal education schools, 29 kindergartens.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 21,000 students studied in general education schools in 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks">Parks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%A0U_BS_Sodo_fragmentas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%C5%A0U_BS_Sodo_fragmentas.jpg/220px-%C5%A0U_BS_Sodo_fragmentas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%C5%A0U_BS_Sodo_fragmentas.jpg/330px-%C5%A0U_BS_Sodo_fragmentas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%C5%A0U_BS_Sodo_fragmentas.jpg/440px-%C5%A0U_BS_Sodo_fragmentas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1078" /></a><figcaption>Botanical Garden</figcaption></figure> <p>The city park to the creation of Anton Tyzenhaus essentially graduated Vladimir Zubov. The 19th-century park was of a rectangular shape and was similar to English-style freely designed parks. For a small fee, citizens were allowed to walk in the park. In 1931, the Park and Alley chestnut was officially donated to the Šiauliai city municipality.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Šiauliai has 16 parks, covering an area of 1,177 hectares. Didždvario province and Rėkyvos parks add to the cultural values of the registry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trains_in_Siauliai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Trains_in_Siauliai.jpg/220px-Trains_in_Siauliai.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Trains_in_Siauliai.jpg/330px-Trains_in_Siauliai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Trains_in_Siauliai.jpg/440px-Trains_in_Siauliai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3445" data-file-height="1938" /></a><figcaption>Trains in Šiauliai Train Station</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%A0iauli%C5%B3_autobusai.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/%C5%A0iauli%C5%B3_autobusai.JPG/220px-%C5%A0iauli%C5%B3_autobusai.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/%C5%A0iauli%C5%B3_autobusai.JPG/330px-%C5%A0iauli%C5%B3_autobusai.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/%C5%A0iauli%C5%B3_autobusai.JPG/440px-%C5%A0iauli%C5%B3_autobusai.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4496" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Public transport buses of Šiauliai</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_U.S._Air_Force_F-15C_Eagle_aircraft_assigned_to_the_493rd_Expeditionary_Fighter_Squadron_taxis_to_a_runway_March_18,_2014,_as_part_of_Baltic_Air_Policing_in_%C5%A0iauliai,_Lithuania_140318-F-XB934-135.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/A_U.S._Air_Force_F-15C_Eagle_aircraft_assigned_to_the_493rd_Expeditionary_Fighter_Squadron_taxis_to_a_runway_March_18%2C_2014%2C_as_part_of_Baltic_Air_Policing_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_140318-F-XB934-135.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/A_U.S._Air_Force_F-15C_Eagle_aircraft_assigned_to_the_493rd_Expeditionary_Fighter_Squadron_taxis_to_a_runway_March_18%2C_2014%2C_as_part_of_Baltic_Air_Policing_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_140318-F-XB934-135.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/A_U.S._Air_Force_F-15C_Eagle_aircraft_assigned_to_the_493rd_Expeditionary_Fighter_Squadron_taxis_to_a_runway_March_18%2C_2014%2C_as_part_of_Baltic_Air_Policing_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_140318-F-XB934-135.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Air Force <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15#Specifications_(F-15C)" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15">F-15C</a> in <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Šiauliai Air Base">Šiauliai Air Base</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Šiauliai has always been a major intersection. The famous Saulės battle took place near a <a href="/wiki/Trade_route" title="Trade route">trade route</a> from Riga to Bubiai and Tauragė.In 1836–1858 Riga–<a href="/wiki/Tilsit" class="mw-redirect" title="Tilsit">Tilsit</a> (Sovetsk) highway was built near it.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> About 1912, first cars appeared on city's streets.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Highways passing through Šiauliai : </p> <ul><li>A9 / E272 Šiauliai – <a href="/wiki/Panev%C4%97%C5%BEys" title="Panevėžys">Panevėžys</a> (79 km)</li> <li>A11 / E272 Šiauliai – <a href="/wiki/Palanga" title="Palanga">Palanga</a> (147 km)</li> <li>A12 / E77 <a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a> – Šiauliai – <a href="/wiki/Sovetsk" title="Sovetsk">Sovetsk</a> (186 km).</li> <li>City has is western bypass A18.</li></ul> <p>In 2006, Šiauliai had 297 km (185 mi) of roads, of which 32% had a gravel surface. The longest streets are Tilžės street – 9.72 km (6.04 mi) and Vilnius street – 5.67 km (3.52 mi) with 1.28 km (0.80 mi) of it being a pedestrian boulevard. </p><p>In 1871, the Liepaja-Romny railway was built. The Tilžė–Riga and Šiauliai–Klaipeda railways were built in 1916 and 1931, respectively. The city has a railway station. </p><p>In 1930, an <a href="/wiki/Air_strip" class="mw-redirect" title="Air strip">air strip</a> was developed. It was expanded in 1961 during the <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic">Soviet period</a> and developed into a large <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Air Force">VVS</a> base. It is now a military base for <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, and home to the <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_International_Airport" title="Šiauliai International Airport">Šiauliai International Airport</a>. </p><p>The first passenger transport company in Šiauliai was founded in 1940. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It was Autotrestas, which had 29 buses. In 1944 a motor firm replaced Autotrestas. In 1947 the first taxi company, Šiauliai cars, appeared. Subsequently, to meet the needs of an increasing population, more busses and Taksomotorų Autoūkis were added in 1955. In 2006, a modern bus station with a trade centre was constructed. The city has 27 city routes, the maximum number is 29. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communications">Communications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/%C5%A0iauliai" title="Special:EditPage/Šiauliai">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2013</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Šiauliai of communication in 1897 could be used not only for mail or telegraph, and telephone. Telephone subscribers in 1923 was 170, while in 1937 – 700 rooms. 1936; the city to install a phone machine. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>1957, a <a href="/wiki/Radio_masts_and_towers" title="Radio masts and towers">television tower</a>, which are equipped with radio and antenna lines. In 1995 launched the construction of cable television lines, 1998 started to install the <a href="/wiki/Cable_modem" title="Cable modem">cable internet</a>, since 2003 – Optical Internet line. In 2008 the city has 14 post offices (central LT-76001). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%A0iauliai_Arena_in_%C5%A0iauliai,_Lithuania_in_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/%C5%A0iauliai_Arena_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_2007.jpg/250px-%C5%A0iauliai_Arena_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/%C5%A0iauliai_Arena_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_2007.jpg/375px-%C5%A0iauliai_Arena_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/%C5%A0iauliai_Arena_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_2007.jpg/500px-%C5%A0iauliai_Arena_in_%C5%A0iauliai%2C_Lithuania_in_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="648" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_Arena" title="Šiauliai Arena">Šiauliai Arena</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Since 1924 football was played in Šiauliai. By the year 1936 there were 14 football teams in the city. Later other sports also started to be played professionally: basketball, handball, rugby, hockey, athletics, cycling, boxing and other sports. On July 25, 2007, in preparation for the <a href="/wiki/Eurobasket_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurobasket 2011">37th European men basketball championship</a>, a modern <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_Arena" title="Šiauliai Arena">Šiauliai Arena</a> was opened to the public. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>League </th> <th>Venue </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BC_%C5%A0iauliai" title="BC Šiauliai">BC Šiauliai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td>Lithuanian Basketball League (<a href="/wiki/Lietuvos_Krep%C5%A1inio_Lyga" class="mw-redirect" title="Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga">LKL</a>), <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Basketball_League" title="Baltic Basketball League">Baltic Basketball League</a> (BBL), Eurocup </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauli%C5%B3_arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Šiaulių arena">Šiaulių arena</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FA_%C5%A0iauliai" title="FA Šiauliai">FA Šiauliai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> </td> <td>The A League <a href="/wiki/A_Lyga" title="A Lyga">A Lyga</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Savivaldyb%C4%97_Stadium" title="Savivaldybė Stadium">Savivaldybės Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABRO-_Saul%C4%97&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ABRO- Saulė (page does not exist)">ABRO- Saulė</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Šiaulių sporto rūmai </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=RK_%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RK Šiauliai (page does not exist)">RK Šiauliai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Handball" title="Handball">Handball</a> </td> <td>Lithuanian Handball League (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Lietuvos_rankinio_lyga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lietuvos rankinio lyga (page does not exist)">LRL</a>) </td> <td>Šiaulių sporto rūmai </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Regbio_klubas_Vairas" title="Regbio klubas Vairas">RK Vairas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Rugby union</a> </td> <td>Lithuanian Rugby Championship </td> <td>Zoknių stadionas </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=RK_Baltrex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RK Baltrex (page does not exist)">RK Baltrex</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Rugby union</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Talšos stadionas </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=RK_%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RK Šiauliai (page does not exist)">RK Šiauliai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Rugby union</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Talšos stadionas </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Siauliai_centras.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Siauliai_centras.jpg" decoding="async" width="640" height="160" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="160" /></a><figcaption>Šiauliai central square</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Lithuania" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Lithuania">List of twin towns and sister cities in Lithuania</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gele%C5%BEin%C4%97_lap%C4%97.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Gele%C5%BEin%C4%97_lap%C4%97.jpg/220px-Gele%C5%BEin%C4%97_lap%C4%97.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Gele%C5%BEin%C4%97_lap%C4%97.jpg/330px-Gele%C5%BEin%C4%97_lap%C4%97.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Gele%C5%BEin%C4%97_lap%C4%97.jpg/440px-Gele%C5%BEin%C4%97_lap%C4%97.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4106" data-file-height="2727" /></a><figcaption>Iron Fox</figcaption></figure> <p>Šiauliai is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kristianstad_Municipality" title="Kristianstad Municipality">Kristianstad</a>, Sweden</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha</a>, United States</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A4rnu" title="Pärnu">Pärnu</a>, Estonia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Plauen" title="Plauen">Plauen</a>, Germany</li></ul> </div> <p>The city was previously twinned with:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baranavichy" title="Baranavichy">Baranavichy</a>, Belarus</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Siauliai_view.jpg/440px-Siauliai_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>View of Šiauliai</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Siauliai_Cockerel_Love_Clock_(2013).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Siauliai_Cockerel_Love_Clock_%282013%29.jpg/220px-Siauliai_Cockerel_Love_Clock_%282013%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Siauliai_Cockerel_Love_Clock_%282013%29.jpg/330px-Siauliai_Cockerel_Love_Clock_%282013%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Siauliai_Cockerel_Love_Clock_%282013%29.jpg/440px-Siauliai_Cockerel_Love_Clock_%282013%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2312" data-file-height="3384" /></a><figcaption>Šiauliai Cockerel Love Clock is a popular meeting and dating place</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">population census</a> of 2001, ethnic Lithuanians comprise 93%, Russians – 5%, and the remaining 2% consist of Ukrainians, Belarusians, Jews, Roma, Latvians, Armenians and other <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">ethnic groups</a>. About 94% of the city's population consider Lithuanian their <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">native language</a>, 5% are Russian speakers and the remainder speak Ukrainian, Belarusian, Latvian, Roma, Armenian etc. About 80% of those older than 20 have a command of the Russian language, while only 17% can speak English and 7% – German.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>People who were born in or near Šiauliai include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regimantas_Adomaitis" title="Regimantas Adomaitis">Regimantas Adomaitis</a>, movie and stage actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Andrejew" title="André Andrejew">André Andrejew</a>, a classic Russian and French movie <a href="/wiki/Art_director" title="Art director">art director</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Bartas" title="Šarūnas Bartas">Šarūnas Bartas</a>, film director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligia_B._Bieliukas" title="Ligia B. Bieliukas">Ligia B. Bieliukas</a>, WWII underground member, clubwoman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobias_Dantzig" title="Tobias Dantzig">Tobias Dantzig</a> American mathematician and author.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosef_Sholom_Eliashiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Yosef Sholom Eliashiv">Yosef Shalom Eliashiv</a>, rabbi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Gens" title="Jacob Gens">Jacob Gens</a>, self-proclaimed <a href="/wiki/Vilna_Ghetto" title="Vilna Ghetto">Vilnius Ghetto</a> police commander under the Nazi occupation (1941–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nesse_Godin" title="Nesse Godin">Nesse Godin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shoah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoah">Holocaust</a> survivor and Holocaust awareness advocate in the United States.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertas_Javtokas" title="Robertas Javtokas">Robertas Javtokas</a>, professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olga_Jegunova" title="Olga Jegunova">Olga Jegunova</a>, classical pianist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veniamin_Kagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Veniamin Kagan">Veniamin Kagan</a>, mathematician specializing in geometry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Luckievich" title="Anton Luckievich">Anton Luckievič</a>, Belarusian publisher, journalist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_People%27s_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Belarusian People's Republic">Belarusian People's Republic</a> in 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Luckievi%C4%8D" title="Ivan Luckievič">Ivan Luckievič</a>, leading figure of the Belarusian independence movement in the early 20th century, publicist and archaeologist.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgilijus_Noreika" title="Virgilijus Noreika">Virgilijus Noreika</a>, opera singer,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albrycht_Stanis%C5%82aw_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82" title="Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł">Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł</a>, magnate, noble, a duke and a politician. He held the post of <a href="/wiki/Starosta" title="Starosta">Starosta</a> (city foreman) of the city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meyer_Schapiro" title="Meyer Schapiro">Meyer Schapiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Art_history" title="Art history">art historian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antanas_Sireika" title="Antanas Sireika">Antanas Sireika</a>, born near Šiauliai was a coach for a hometown basketball team for many seasons.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olegas_Truchanas" title="Olegas Truchanas">Olegas Truchanas</a>, Lithuanian photographer, went to school in the city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mindaugas_%C5%BDukauskas" title="Mindaugas Žukauskas">Mindaugas Žukauskas</a>, professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marius_%C5%BDaromskis" title="Marius Žaromskis">Marius Žaromskis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mixed_martial_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed martial artist">mixed martial artist</a> fighter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dovil%C4%97_Dzindzaletait%C4%97" class="mw-redirect" title="Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė">Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė</a>, athlete triple jumper, Lithuanian national record holder and former European Under-23 Champion, World Junior silver medalist, wife of British former World Indoor 60 metres champion <a href="/wiki/Richard_Kilty" title="Richard Kilty">Richard Kilty</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Depictions_in_popular_culture">Depictions in popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Depictions in popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Šiauliai is one of the starting towns of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Lithuania</a> in the turn-based strategy game <a href="/wiki/Medieval_II:_Total_War:_Kingdoms#Teutonic_campaign" title="Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms">Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0iauliai&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BC_%C5%A0iauliai" title="BC Šiauliai">BC Šiauliai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telshe_yeshiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Telshe yeshiva">Telshe yeshiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_of_Crosses" title="Hill of Crosses">Hill of Crosses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Šiauliai Air Base">Šiauliai Air Base</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Kaišiadorys District Municipality">Kaišiadorys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaunas_District_Municipality" title="Kaunas District Municipality">Kaunas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%97dainiai_District_Municipality" title="Kėdainiai District Municipality">Kėdainiai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelm%C4%97_District_Municipality" title="Kelmė District Municipality">Kelmė</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da_District_Municipality" title="Klaipėda District Municipality">Klaipėda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kretinga_District_Municipality" title="Kretinga District Municipality">Kretinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kupi%C5%A1kis_District_Municipality" title="Kupiškis District Municipality">Kupiškis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazdijai_District_Municipality" title="Lazdijai District Municipality">Lazdijai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%BEeikiai_District_Municipality" title="Mažeikiai District Municipality">Mažeikiai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mol%C4%97tai_District_Municipality" 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