Mažeikiai District Municipality Mažeikių rajono savivaldybė
Municipality
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Location of Mažeikiai district municipality within Lithuania
Map of Mažeikiai district municipality
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Telšiai County
Capital	Mažeikiai
Elderships	9
Area
• Total	1,220 km2 (470 sq mi)
• Rank	30th
Population  (2021[1])
• Total	52,120
• Rank	10th
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Rank	12th
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	LT-89100
Telephone code	443
Major settlements	Mažeikiai (pop. 32,470) Viekšniai (pop. 2,219) Seda (pop. 898)
Website	www.mazeikiai.lt

Mažeikiai District Municipality (Lithuanian: Mažeikių rajono savivaldybė, Samogitian: Mažėikiu rajuona savivaldībė) is located in the north-west of Lithuania, on the River Venta in Telšiai County. The administrative center of Mažeikiai District is the city of Mažeikiai. Its territory of 1,220.2 km² (471.1 sq mi) is composed of 32 km² (12 sq mi) of towns and settlements, 22 km² (8.5 sq mi) of industrial enterprises and roads, 614 km² (237 sq mi) of agricultural lands, 273 km² (105 sq mi) of forests, and 68 km² (26 sq mi) of tracts of other designation. There is one urban and 8 rural elderates. In 2003, the population was 67,393. Of this number, 46,223 live in towns and 21,170 in villages.

It is situated in northern Samogitia. Mažeikiai District borders with the Republic of Latvia in the north, with Akmenė District Municipality in the east, with Telšiai District Municipality in the southeast, with Plungė District Municipality in the southwest and with Skuodas District Municipality in the west. Mažeikiai District stretches for 43.5 km (27.0 mi) east-to-west and 38 km (24 mi) north-to-south. Petraičiai village is the westernmost settlement, with Kalniškiai and Pakliaupė villages being the easternmost settlements. The northernmost is Giniočiai, while the southernmost is Pasruojė.

Mažeikiai District Municipality is one of the more populous administrative district municipalities (municipalities, covering mostly rural regions and smaller towns rather than major cities). The region is crossed by important railway lines: Liepāja (Republic of Latvia) – Šiauliai – Kaunas – Vilnius and Riga (Republic of Latvia) – Mažeikiai – Klaipėda. However, they are currently no longer used for passenger transportation.

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  The River Venta in Mažeikiai district
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  Daubariai hillfort located in Mažeikiai District Municipality, Lithuania. Protected by the state.

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v t e Telšiai County
Municipalities	Mažeikiai Plungė Rietavas Telšiai
Cities	Mažeikiai Plungė Rietavas Seda Telšiai Varniai Viekšniai
Towns	Alsėdžiai Eigirdžiai Gadūnavas Janapolė Kuliai Laižuva Lauko Soda Leckava Luokė Nerimdaičiai Nevarėnai Pavandenė Pikeliai Plateliai Tirkšliai Tryškiai Tverai Ubiškė Žarėnai Žemaičių Kalvarija Židikai
Villages	Babrungas Geruliai Giliogiris Kęstaičiai Krakiai Pakerai Renavas Ukrinai

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