Židikai
Židikai (Samogitian: Žėdėkā) is a town in Mažeikiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 21 km west of Mažeikiai. Židikai is the seat of Židikai elderate. Židikai is known for being the home of Marija Pečkauskaitė – Šatrijos Ragana, a famous Lithuanian writer (1877–1930) for the last 15 years of her lifetime.
Židikai | |
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Židikai Location of Židikai | |
| Coordinates: 56°19′N 22°01′E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County | Telšiai County |
| Municipality | Mažeikiai district municipality |
| Elderate | Židikai elderate |
| Capital of | Židikai elderate |
| First mentioned | 1568 |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 440 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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