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Kaniūkai
Village
Kaniūkai is located in Varėna District MunicipalityKaniūkaiKaniūkaiLocation in Varėna district municipalityLocation of Varėna district in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°06′29″N 24°45′29″E / 54.10806°N 24.75806°E / 54.10806; 24.75806
Country Lithuania
County Alytus County
MunicipalityVarėna
EldershipKaniavos [lt] (Kaniava)
Population
 • Total36
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kaniūkai is a village in Kaniavos eldership [lt], Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 63 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 36.

Etymology

The name Kaniūkai comes from Belarusian: конюх 'a stableman' or the same Belarussian personal name.

References

  1. ^ "Population by locality". 2011 Population and Housing Census. Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. Alytaus apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2002. p. 54. ISBN 9986-589-83-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23.
  3. Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 28. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.


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