Poland

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.

Republic o Poland Rzeczpospolita Polska  (Pols)
Banner Coat o airms
Anthem: Mazurek Dąbrowskiego Poland Is Nae Yet Lost
Location o  Poland  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend]
Caipital and largest city	Warsaw 52°13′N 21°02′E / 52.217°N 21.033°E / 52.217; 21.033
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
Demonym(s)	Pols Pole
Govrenment	Unitar semi-presidential republic
• Preses	Andrzej Duda
• Prime Meenister	Donald Tusk
Legislatur	Naitional Assembly
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Sejm
Formation
• Christianisation[b]	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
Aurie
• Total	312,679 km2 (120,726 sq mi)[a] (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
^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. ^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.

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.

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

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