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Šaukėnai
Town

Coat of arms
Šaukėnai Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°48′40″N 22°53′0″E / 55.81111°N 22.88333°E / 55.81111; 22.88333
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Šiauliai County
Population (2011)
• Total	596
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Šaukėnai is a village in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 596.^[1]

Šaukėnai has Šaukėnų Holy Trinity masonry church (built in 1989), a high school, a library, a post office (ZIP code: 86043), an ethnography museum and Šaukėnai manor with park.

History

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On July 31, 1941, 273 to 300 Jews from the village were murdered by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanian nationalists in a mass execution.^[2] They were mostly men, the women and children were taken to Žagarė ghetto.

References

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^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 13, 2017.
^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".

v t e Šiauliai County
Municipalities	Akmenė Joniškis Kelmė Pakruojis Radviliškis Šiauliai (city) Šiauliai (district)
Cities	Akmenė Joniškis Kelmė Kuršėnai Linkuva Naujoji Akmenė Pakruojis Radviliškis Šeduva Šiauliai Tytuvėnai Užventis Venta Žagarė
Towns	Baisogala Bazilionai Grinkiškis Gruzdžiai Kairiai Karklėnai Klovainiai Kražiai Kriukai Kruopiai Kurtuvėnai Kužiai Lioliai Lygumai Meškuičiai Palonai Papilė Pašilė Pašušvys Pašvitinys Pociūnėliai Rozalimas Šakyna Šaukėnai Šaukotas Šiaulėnai Sidabravas Skaistgirys Tyruliai Vadaktai Žalpiai Žeimelis
Villages	Alkiškiai Barysiai Burbiškis Daubiškiai Kivyliai Kolainiai Minaičiai Padubysis Pašiaušė Pociūnai Sablauskiai Šiupyliai Steigviliai Venta Žaliūkės

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