# Poland

| Republic o Poland *Rzeczpospolita Polska*  (Pols) |
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| **Anthem:Mazurek Dąbrowskiego* *Poland Is Nae Yet Lost* Duration: 43 seconds.0:43 |
| Location o  Poland  (dark green)– on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend] |
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| Caipital and largest city | Warsaw ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Offeecial leids | Pols |
| Minority leids | Kashubian, German, Belaroushie, Ukrainian, Roushie, Rusyn, Czech, Slovak, Yiddish |
| Ethnic groups (2011) | * 94.61% Pols
* 0.28% German
* 0.12% Belaroushie
* 0.12% Ukrainian
* 0.04% Kashubian
* 0.03% Romani
* 0.02% Lemko
* 4.78% other
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| Demonym(s) | * Pols
* Pole
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| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
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| • Preses  | Karol Nawrocki |
| • Prime Meenister  | Donald Tusk |
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| Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
| • Upper house | Senate |
| • Lower house | *Sejm* |
| Formation |
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| • Christianisation  | 14 Apryle 966 |
| • Kinrick o Poland  | 18 Apryle 1025 |
| • Pols–Lithuanie Commonweel  | 1 Julie 1569 |
| • Pairteetion o Poland  | 24 October 1795 |
| • Duchy of Warsaw  | 22 Julie 1807 |
| • Congress Poland  | 9 Juin 1815 |
| • Seicont Pols Republic  | 11 November 1918 |
| • Invasion o Poland, Warld War II  | 1 September 1939 |
| • Communist Poland  | 8 Apryle 1945 |
| • Third Pols Republic  | 13 September 1989 |
| • Accession tae the European Union  | 1 Mey 2004 |
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| Aurie |
| • Total | 312,679 km2 (120,726 sq mi) (69th) |
| • Water (%) | 3.07 |
| Population |
| • 2017 estimate | 38,634,007 (34t) |
| • Density | 123/km2 (318.6/sq mi) (83rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
| • Total | $1.114 trillion (21st) |
| • Per capita | $29,349 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
| • Tot | $482.920 billion (23rd) |
| • Per capita | $12,722 |
| Gini (2014) |  32.08 medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.855 verra heich · 36t |
| Currency | Pols złoty (PLN) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +48 |
| ISO 3166 code | PL |
| Internet TLD | .pl |
| **Wabsteid** poland.pl |
| 1. **^a** The aurie o Poland, as gien bi the Central Statistical Office, is 312,679 km2 (120,726 sq mi), o that 311,888 km2 (120,421 sq mi) is laund an 791 km2 (305 sq mi) is internal watter surface aurie.
2. **^b** The adoption o Christianity in Poland is seen bi mony Poles, regairdless o thair releegious affiliation or lack thareo, as ane o the maist signeeficant events in thair kintra's history, as it wis uised tae unifee the tribes in the region.
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Territorial organization
The **Republic o Poland** (Pols: *Rzeczpospolita Polska*), for ordinar kent juist as **Poland** (*Polska*), is a kintra in central/aestren Europe. It mairches ontae the Baltic Sea tae the north, alang wi the Kaliningrad Oblast o Roushie. Lithuanie mairches tae the nor-aest, Beloroushae tae the aest, Ukraine tae the sooth-aest, Slovakie an Czechie tae the sooth, an Germany tae the wast.

The haill area o Poland is 312,679 km², makkin it the 69t lairgest kintra i the warld and 7t in Europe. Poland's population is mair nor 38.5 million, concentratit mainly around the ceities.

The first Pols state wis stertit i 966, in a territory similar tae the present area o Poland. Poland becam a kinrick i 1025, an i 1569 it cementit a lang associe wi the Grand Duchy o Lithuania by unitin ti form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonweal. The Commonweal collapsed i 1795. Poland regained its independence i 1918 eftir the Furst Warld War bit tint it aince mair i the Saicont Warld War, bein occupied bi Nazi Germany an the Soviet Union, an emergin eftir as a communist kintra in the Eastern Block under the control o the Soviet Union. I 1989, communist rule wis owerthrawn an Poland becam whit is informally kent as the "Third Polish Republic". Poland is the 33rd maist populous kintra in the warld. Poland is a unitary state made up o saxteen voivodeships (Polish: *województwo*). Poland is a memmer o the European Union, NATO, and OECD anaw.

## Ceeties o Poland

* Warszawa - Warsaw
* Łódź
* Kraków - Cracow
* Wrocław - Breslau
* Poznań
* Gdańsk - Danzig
* Szczecin - Stettin
* Bydgoszcz
* Lublin
* Katowice
* Bielsko-Biała
* Rzeszów
* Białystok
* Sosnowiec
* Wąchock

## Gallery

* Poznań
* Malbork
* Białystok
* Łódź
* Łódź
* Cracow
* Lublin
* Lublin
* Katowice
* Bielsko-Biała
* Szczecin
* Gdańsk
* Olsztyn
* Toruń
* Wrocław
* Wrocław