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	'''Žagarė''' ({{pronunciation\|Zagare.ogg}}, {{lang-yi\|Zhagar}}, {{lang-pl\|Żagory}}<ref></ref>) is a city located in the ], northern ], close to the border with ]. It has a population of about 2,000.		'''Žagarė''' ({{pronunciation\|Zagare.ogg}}, {{lang-lv\|Žagare}}, {{lang-yi\|Zhagar}}, {{lang-pl\|Żagory}}<ref></ref>) is a city located in the ], northern ], close to the border with ]. It has a population of about 2,000.

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City in Samogitia, Lithuania

Žagarė
City
Coat of arms
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Šiauliai County
Municipality	Joniškis district municipality
Eldership	Žagarė eldership
Capital of	Žagarė eldership
First mentioned	1633
Granted city rights	1924
Population
• Total	2,028
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Žagarė (pronunciation, Template:Lang-lv, Template:Lang-yi, Template:Lang-pl) is a city located in the Joniškis district, northern Lithuania, close to the border with Latvia. It has a population of about 2,000.

The foundation of Žagarė dates back to the 12th century. It was an important centre of Semigallian warriors, who fought against the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and the Livonian Order. Yisroel Salanter the father of the Mussar movement in Orthodox Judaism was born there as well as Isaak Kikoin (1908–1984) a renowned Soviet physicist.

Today Žagarė is the administrative centre of the Žagarė Regional Park, known for its valuable urban and natural heritage.

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