Poland - basic info

Pozdrowienia z Polski - Greetings from Poland
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FULL NAME:

The Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska)

LANGUAGE:

Polish (Polski)

CAPITAL:

Warsaw (Warszawa)

CURRENCY:

Polish Zloty (Polski Złoty)

CLIMATE:

continental

AREA:

312,685 square kilometers (120,728 square miles)

POPULATION:

38,2 million (statistics from 2010)

RELIGION:

Roman Catholic

NATIONAL FLAG:

Two stripes - top: white, bottom: red

NATIONAL EMBLEM:

White eagle in a crown against red background

NATIONAL BANNER:

Flag with national emblem

NATIONAL ANTHEM:

"Mazurek Dąbrowskiego"

POLITICAL SYSTEM:

Parliamentary democracy

LOCATION:

Central Europe

BORDERS AND NEIGHBORS:

• NORTH:

Morze Baltyckie (Baltic Sea),

Russia (Kaliningrad district)

• EAST:

Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine

• SOUTH:

The Czech Republic and Slovakia

• WEST:

Germany

THREE MAIN MOUNTAIN RANGES:

• Karpaty (Carpathian Mountains), including Tatry range (Tatra Mountains) with the highest peak Rysy (2499 m).
• Sudety
• Góry Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross Mountains)

MAIN RIVERS:

• Wisla (known as Vistula River)
• Odra
• Warta
• Bug

NATIONAL PARKS: 23