Geography
The region is located in northwestern Lithuania in the territories of:
- Palanga city municipality
- Rietavas municipality
- Tauragė district municipality
- Šilalė district municipality
- Skuodas district municipality
- Jurbarkas district municipality
- Mažeikiai district municipality
- Kretinga district municipality
- Plungė district municipality
- Telšiai district municipality
- Akmenė district municipality
- Kelmė district municipality
- Šiauliai district municipality
- Raseiniai district municipality;
Eastern parts of:
- Klaipėda district municipality
- Šilutė district municipality
Western part of:
- Joniškis district municipality
- Šiauliai city municipality.
The largest city is Šiauliai, or Klaipėda if the latter is considered in the region. Telšiai is the capital, although Medininkai (now Varniai) was once the capital of the Eldership of Samogitia.
The largest cities are (Samogitian name, if different, is provided after slash):
- Šiauliai/Šiaulē (127,059 inhabitants)
- Mažeikiai/Mažeikē (40,572 inhabitants)
- Telšiai/Telšē (30,011 inhabitants) - considered capital
- Tauragė/ Tauragie (27,862 inhabitants)
- Plungė/Plongi (23,187 inhabitants)
- Kretinga (21,452 inhabitants)
- Skuodas/Skouds (7,358 inhabitants)
Read more about this topic: Samogitia
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