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Alanta
Place in Aukštaitija, Lithuania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the town in Lithuania. For the mountain in Peru whose name is also spelled "Alanta", see Jalanta.
Not to be confused with Atlanta.
Alanta (dialectal Aukštaitian name Alunta, Polish: Owanta, Yiddish אַוואָנטע) is a small town in Molėtai district municipality, Lithuania. It is the administrative seat of the Alanta Elderate. According to a census in 2011, Alanta had 348 residents.[1] It is situated at the crossing of two roads: Molėtai–Anykščiai and Utena–Alanta–Ukmergė. The town's St. Jacob's church was built in 1909.
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Alanta | |
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![]() St. Jacob's church in Alanta | |
Nickname: Alunta | |
Coordinates: 55°21′N 25°17′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
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Municipality | Molėtai district municipality |
Elderate | Alanta elderate |
Seat of | Alanta elderate |
First mentioned | 1436 |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 348 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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The Synagogue of Alanta is one of only 17 surviving wooden synagogues in Lithuania.[2]