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 POLAND derives from the word "Polanie" meaning field dwellers

Capitol:  Warsaw

Population:  38 million +/-

Country Area: 312,700 sq. km

Provinces/Counties/Voivodships: 16  

Major Cities:  Cracow, Gdansk, Katowice, Lodz,

                      Poznan, Szczezin, Warsaw, and Wroclaw.

Monetary System :   zloty (PLN)    see a 50 zloty bill (1944)

                              (submitted by Mike Borawski)

Longest River:  Vistula

Highest Point :  Mt. Rysy at 2499 meters

Bordering Countries:   

(North) Russia  

(South) Czech, Slovak Republics  

(East) Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine  

(West) Germany

 About the Poland Flag 

 About the Poland's National Anthem: (information on Poland's anthem is currently in work, sorry for the inconvenience)

Average Summer temperature:  68 F   20C

Average Winter Temperature:  few degrees below 0F

Longest Word:  Konstantynopolitanczykowianecka (Constantinopolian girl)

Town of Bethlehem:   There is a very small town in Southeast Poland called Betlejem (Bethlehem) but no one knows the orgin of it's name.