Telšiai

Telšiai is the chief city of region in Lithuania, with a population of about 22,000 in 2023. It's industrial but has preserved many buildings of its Old Town.
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  • Type: Town with 25,500 residents
  • Description: city in Lithuania
  • Also known as: Telšai”, “Telshay”, “Telshi”, “Telshyay”, “Telsiai”, and “Telšių

Places of Interest

Highlights include Telšiai Cathedral and Church of St. Nicholas, Telšiai.

Church
The Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Telšiai, , seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai.

Church
Telšiai Russian Orthodox St. Nicholas church is a church in Lithuania noted for its architectural style, belonging to the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Degaičiai and Ryškėnai.

Village
is a village.

Village
is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Telšiai.

Village
is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Telšiai.

Telšiai

Latitude
55.9846° or 55° 59′ 5″ north
Longitude
22.2491° or 22° 14′ 57″ east
Population
25,500
Elevation
135 metres (443 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LT TEL
Open location code
9G74X6MX+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 442012721
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
593926
Wiki­data ID
Q2222616
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Telšiai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تلسياي
  • Armenian: Տելշյայ
  • Asturian: Telšiai
  • Belarusian: Тэльшы
  • Belarusian: Цельшай
  • Belarusian: Цельшы
  • Belarusian: Цяльшэй
  • Bulgarian: Телшай
  • Bulgarian: Телшяй
  • Catalan: Telšiai
  • Cebuano: Telsiai (kapital sa lalawigan)
  • Cebuano: Telsiai
  • Chinese: 泰尔希艾
  • Chinese: 特爾希艾
  • Chinese: 透斯艾
  • Cornish: Telšiai
  • Czech: Telšiai
  • Danish: Telšiai
  • Dimli (individual language): Telšiai
  • Dutch: Telsiai
  • Dutch: Telšiai
  • Egyptian Arabic: تلسياى
  • Esperanto: Telŝiao
  • Estonian: Telšiai
  • Ewe: Telšiai
  • Finnish: Telšiai
  • French: Telšiai
  • Galician: Telšiai
  • Georgian: ტელშიაი
  • German: Telsche
  • German: Telschen
  • German: Telšiai
  • German: Telsze
  • Greek: Τελσιάι
  • Hebrew: טלז
  • Hungarian: Telšiai
  • Indonesian: Telšiai
  • Irish: Telšiai
  • Italian: Telšiai
  • Japanese: テルシェイ
  • Korean: 텔샤이
  • Latgalian: Teļši
  • Latin: Urbs Telsensis
  • Latvian: Telši
  • Lithuanian: Telšiai
  • Macedonian: Телшјај
  • Maori: Telšiai
  • Mingrelian: ტელშიაი
  • Moksha: Тэльшэй
  • Nauru: Telšiai
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Telšiai
  • Norwegian: Telšiai
  • Ossetian: Тельшяй
  • Persian: تلشیای
  • Piemontese: Telšiai
  • Polish: Telšiai
  • Polish: Telsze
  • Portuguese: Telšiai
  • Pushto: تلشای
  • Romanian: Telšiai
  • Russian: Тельши
  • Russian: Тельшяй
  • Russian: Тяльшяй
  • Samogitian: Telšē
  • Serbian: Телшјај
  • Serbo-Croatian: Telšiai
  • Silesian: Telšiai
  • Spanish: Telšiai
  • Swahili: Telšiai
  • Swedish: Telšiai
  • Tatar: Telšiai
  • Tatar: Телшәй
  • Turkish: Telšiai
  • Ukrainian: Тельше
  • Ukrainian: Тельшяй
  • Upper Sorbian: Telšiai
  • Urdu: تلشئیی
  • Veps: Tel’šäi
  • Vietnamese: Telšiai
  • Volapük: Telšiai
  • Welsh: Telšiai
  • Western Panjabi: تیلشیائی
  • Yiddish: טעלזש
  • Yue Chinese: 透斯艾
  • Telšē

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