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Židikai
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Židikai (Samogitian: Žėdėkā) is a town in Mažeikiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 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.

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Locality
Židikai
Region
Telšių apskritis
Country
Lietuva
Population
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Židikai elderate

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Progress
  • Design
  • Culture
  • Governance
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Notable residents
  • References
  • See also

Židikai (Samogitian: Žėdėkā) is a town in Mažeikiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 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.

thumb|upright=1.2|Židikai Police Office in 1938 (Collection of G. Januška) thumb|upright=1.2|A chapel-grave of author Šatrijos Ragana thumb|upright=1.2|Šatrijos Ragana|Marija Pečkauskaitė street, the main thoroughfare thumb|upright=1.2|Memorial Museum of Šatrijos Ragana

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Židikai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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