Šiauliai

Šiauliai
City municipality
Šiauliai State College and Cathedral
The Golden Boy
Hill of Crosses
Town Hall
Lake Rėkyva
Nickname: 
Saulės miestas (The City of the Sun)
Location of Šiauliai in Lithuania
Šiauliai
Šiauliai
Coordinates: 55°56′N 23°19′E / 55.933°N 23.317°E / 55.933; 23.317
CountryLithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
CountyŠiauliai County
MunicipalityŠiauliai city municipality
Capital ofŠiauliai County
Šiauliai city municipality
Šiauliai district municipality
First mentioned1236
Granted city rights1589
EldershipsMedelynas eldership, Rėkyva eldership
Government
 • MayorArtūras Visockas
Area
 • City municipality
81.13 km2 (31.32 sq mi)
Elevation
151 m (495 ft)
Population
 (2024[2])
 • City municipality
112,581
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
 • Metro
140,379[1]
Demonym(s)Šiaulian(s) (English)
šiauliečiai (Lithuanian)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
76xxx
Area code(+370) 41
ClimateDfb
Websitesiauliai.lt

Šiauliai (/ʃˈl/ show-LAY; Lithuanian: [ɕɛʊ̯ˈlʲɛɪ̯ˑ] ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the country's fourth largest city and the sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 112,581 in 2024.[3] From 1994 to 2010, it was the capital of Šiauliai County.

  1. ^ including Šiauliai district municipality
  2. ^ Resident population by city/town at the middle of the year (Gyventojų skaičius liepos 1)
  3. ^ "Resident population by city/town at the middle of the year". osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved July 19, 2024.