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| | Kretinga District. Lithuania. Baltic States. Europe. |
 | | Kretinga is a town of 1540 ha, with a population of 22,000. |
 | | Kretinga is first mentioned in historical sources in 1253, and was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1609. |
 | | The Kretinga region includes four hospitals, 33 schools, 1 special boarding school, an art and music school, 2 agricultural colleges, a high school, a public library with branches all over the region, 11 Catholic churches and one Lutheran church, and a Franciscan monastery (founded in 1602). |
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