Dainava
Dainava is a neighbourhood built in 1963, initially as a microdistrict, located in the north-northeast part of the second largest Lithuanian city of Kaunas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Zoo of Lithuania and Darius and Girėnas Stadium.
Zoo of Lithuania
Zoo
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Lithuanian Zoological Garden previously known as Kaunas' Zoological Garden is the oldest scientific zoo in Lithuania. It is located in an Ąžuolynas oak grove park in the south-western Žaliakalnis elderate of Kaunas.
Darius and Girėnas Stadium
Stadium
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Darius and Girėnas stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kaunas, Lithuania. With a seating capacity of 15,026, it is the largest stadium in Lithuania and the Baltic states. Darius and Girėnas Stadium is situated 3½ km southwest of Dainava.
Seventh Fort
Museum
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The Seventh Fort or VII Fort is a defensive fortification built in Žaliakalnis district of Kaunas, Lithuania, during implementation of the first phase of the construction of the Kaunas Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gričiupis and Eiguliai.
Gričiupis
Suburb
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Gričiupis is a neighborhood of the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, located on the right bank of the Nemunas River. It has elderate status, and is the smallest elderate in the city.
Eiguliai
Suburb
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Eiguliai is neighborhood in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. Eiguliai elderate encompass Eiguliai, Kleboniškis and part of Kalniečiai neighbourhoods. Elderate itself is located on the left bank of the Neris River.
Šilainiai
Suburb
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Šilainiai is a neighborhood in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, consisting of mostly Soviet-built microdistricts completed in the 1980s. Part of larger Šilainiai elderate which is one of the largest elderates in the city, consisting of Milikoniai, Sargėnai… Šilainiai is situated 5 km west of Dainava.
Dainava
- Type: Suburb with 70,000 residents
- Description: suburb of Kaunas, Lithuania
- Categories: neighborhood of Kaunas, quarter, and locality
- Location: Dainavos sen., Kaunas, Kaunas County, Sūduva, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
54.9225° or 54° 55′ 21″ northLongitude
23.9726° or 23° 58′ 22″ eastPopulation
70,000Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)Open location code
9G65WXFF+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 51408836OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6618486Wikidata ID
Q5209478
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Dainava” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Даинава”
- Cebuano: “Dainava”
- Estonian: “Dainava”
- German: “Dainava”
- Lithuanian: “Dainava (Kaunas)”
- Lithuanian: “Dainava”
- Polish: “Dajnowo”
- Swedish: “Dainava”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dainava”. Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.