Basic facts

Official name: Republic of Poland

Location: Central Europe.

Borders: Germany, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and the Baltic Sea coast (500 km long).

Length of borders: 3582 km

Area: 312,000 sq km

Population: 38,000,000

Density of population: 100 person/square km

Capital city: Warsaw

Major cities: Gdansk, Katowice, Cracow, Lodz, Poznan, Szczecin, Wroclaw

Administration: 16 administrative provinces known as voivodeships, the voivodeships are divided into powiaty (counties) and then gminy (communes).

Time zone: GMT + 1 in winter (GMT + 2 in summer)

Official language: Polish

Form of government: republic


Religion: Roman Catholic

Highest point: Rysy, at 2,499 m

National emblem: Crowned white eagle

Flag: White and red