Ariogala

Ariogala
City
Coat of arms
Ariogala Location of Ariogala
Coordinates: 55°16′0″N 23°28′0″E
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Raseiniai district municipality
Eldership	Ariogala eldership
Capital of	Ariogala eldership
First mentioned	1253
Granted city rights	1792
Population  (2009)
• Total	3,376
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Ariogala () is a city in central Lithuania. It is located on the Dubysa River, which flows through the town.

Population

Name

Ariogala is the Lithuanian name of the city. Versions of the name in other languages include Samogitian: Ariuogala, Polish: Ejragoła, Russian: Эйрагола Eiragola, Belarusian: Эйрагола Eirahola, Yiddish: אייראַגאָלע Eyragole.

History

In 1941 all the Jews from Ariogala and some nearby villages were gathered in a ghetto. At the end of August/beginning of September 1941, around 700 Jewish men, women and children were shot in a field near the village.

References

Notes

• Template:Lt icon Gyventojų skaičius metų pradžioje (Population statistics). Lithuanian Department of Statistics.
• Geographical data. administrative territorial division. Lithuanian Department of Statistics.