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| Fig. 1 - Polish Flag |
Official name - Republic of Poland, in Polish Polska, or Rzeczpospolita Polska, a country lying at the physical centre of the European continent, approximately between latitudes 49° and 55° N and longitudes 14° and 24° E. Except for its southern mountainous regions, the country consists almost entirely of lowlands within the North European Plain. The total area of Poland is 120,728 square miles (312,685 square kilometres). Its capital is Warsaw (Warszawa). Other major cities (including those aquired in 1945}, are Lodz, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Katowice, Elblag, Gdynia, Szczecin, and Olsztyn (see also: Polish cities).
Poland is bordered to the north by the Baltic Sea, to the northeast by Russia (the Kaliningrad area) and Lithuania, and to the east by Belarus and Ukraine. To the south the border follows the watershed of the Beskid, Carpathian, and the Sudeten (Sudety) mountains, which separate Poland from Slovakia and the Czech Republic, while to the west the border with Germany is defined by the western Neisse (Nysa Luzycka) and Odra rivers.
Due to geo-political location of Poland her history is marked with many tragic events. Please read more in the History of Poland article.
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| Fig. 2 - Polish coat of arms |
The territory which makes up Poland after 1945 is divided into several geographical and historical regions: Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Upper Silesia, Lower Silesia, Masovia, Warmia, Masuria, Kujavia, Pomerania, Pomerelia, Podhale and the Tatra Mountains.
Population: 38.6m: mainly Poles, with about 1.000.000 Germans, 120,000 Ukrainians, 30,000 Jews, Lithuanians, Russians, Lemkas and others.
Form of Government: unitary multiparty republic with two legislative houses (Sejm ; Senat ), see Polish constitution on Polish Misplaced Pages.
Monetary Unit: Zloty(PLN)=100 groszy; 1 USD=4.2 PLN (26/07/2001)
Country code: PL
TLD: .pl
International calling code: 48
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| Fig. 3 - Map of Poland Source: CIA World Factbook 2001 |
- Geography
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- Political System
- Government
- Urzad Ochrony Panstwa -- (Office for State Protection) intelligence agency
- Political Parties
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- Prominent Politicians
Language spoken: Polish (see Polish language).
For the national anthem see Mazurek Dabrowskiego.
Poland is divided into 16 regions or voivodships (Polish: województwo): Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Lódzkie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie
Poland is also the name of a place in the United States of America: Poland, Ohio.