Aukštieji Paneriai
Suburb of Vilnius, Lithuania, and site of the Ponary massacre / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Ponary.
Aukštieji Paneriai (literally Lithuanian: "a place near Neris"; adapted to Polish: Ponary, Yiddish: פאנאר/Ponar) is a neighborhood of Vilnius, situated about 10 kilometres away from the city center. It is located on low forested hills, on the Vilnius-Warsaw road. Paneriai was the site of the Ponary massacre, a mass killing of as many as 100,000 people from Vilnius and nearby towns and villages during World War II.
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Aukštieji Paneriai | |
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Country | Lithuania |
County | Vilnius County |
Municipality | Vilnius city municipality |
Area | |
• Total | 84.8 km2 (32.7 sq mi) |
Population (2021[1]) | |
• Total | 11,149 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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