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Kaniūkai (Kaniava)

Coordinates: 54°06′29″N 24°45′29″E / 54.10806°N 24.75806°E / 54.10806; 24.75806
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Kaniūkai
Village
Kaniūkai is located in Varėna District Municipality
Kaniūkai
Kaniūkai
Location in Varėna district municipality
Location 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
 (2011)[1]
 • 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.[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 36.[1]

Etymology

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The name Kaniūkai comes from Belarusian: конюх 'a stableman' or the same Belarussian personal name.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.