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__NOTOC__ The territory of s (Lithuanian: singular ''seniūnija'', plural ''seniūnijos''). Such division was created in 1994 and slightly modified in 2000. Counties are ruled by . Their primary duty is to ensure that the municipalities obey the laws and the Constitution Of Lithuania . They do not have great powers vested in them, and so it is suggested that 10 counties are too much for Lithuania as the two smallest counties contain only 4 municipalities. It is proposed to replace the counties with 4 or 5 lands, a new administrative unit, that would be decided according to the ethnographic Regions Of Lithuania and based on the 5 Major Cities with the population more than 100,000. Modern ''apskritys'' should not be confused with ''apskritys'' that existed in the independent Lithuania during the for details. LIST
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