the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania

Vilnius (, see also other historical names of the city) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 553,904 (1.4million together with Vilnius County) as of December 2005http://www.std.lt/en/pages/view/?id=1712 Number of population by county, city (town) and municipality | Statistics Lithuania © Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania). Accessed May 2, 2006.. It is the capital of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality.