POLAND
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Territory: 312,685 sq km
Poland's bordering countries are in the East: Russia (Kaliningrad), Lithuania,
and Belarus, in the South-East Ukraine, in the South Slovakia, in the
South-West Czech Republic and in the West - Germany. In the North Poland
is surrounded by the Baltic Sea.
Population: 38,633,912 (July 2001 est.)
Ethnic division:
| Ethnic group |
Percentage of the population
|
| Polish |
97.6%
|
| German |
1.3%
|
| Ukrainian |
0.6%
|
| Byelorussian |
0.5%
|
Capital: Warsaw
Independence Day: 3 May (Constitution Day, from 3 May 1791)
Independent republic was proclaimed 11 November 1918
Official Language: Polish
Constitution: 16 October 1997
Poland is a parliamentary republic
Currency: zloty (PLN)