Kapiniškiai | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kapiniškiai |
Coordinates: | 54.0336°N 24.2925°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Name1: | Dzūkija |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Alytus County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Varėna district municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name4: | Marcinkonys Eldership |
Population Total: | 16 |
Population As Of: | 2021[1] |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Kapiniškiai is an ethnographic village in Lithuania. It is located in the Dzūkija National Park south-west of Marcinkonys. According to the 2001 census, it had 54 residents.
Kapiniškiai village is located c. from Druskininkai, from Marcinkonys, from Margionys (the nearest settlement).
The name Kapiniškiai comes from words Lithuanian: kapai, kapinės 'a cemetery'. There is not only a cemetery but also ancient burial mounds around the village.[2]