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About Poland Republic

Poland capital: Warsaw.

Language: Polish.

Border Countries: Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia. 

 

Population: 38 million Area: 322,575 km2.

Time Zone: CET (UTC+1), summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2).

Climate: Temperate with mild summers and moderately severe winters.

Currency: Zloty (PLN, zł), 1 zloty = 100 groszy.

Government type: Republic, parliamentary democracy.

Members of: EU, UN, NATO, OECD, WTO and many other.

Poland is the heart of Central Europe. The country has 7 neighbors - Lithuania and Russia runs in the north, Belarus and Ukraine in the east, Germany in the west. Southern neighbors of Poland are the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The Baltic Sea in the north is a border of Poland and Sweden, so Poland has a very easy access to Scandinavian and North Sea ports. Moreover, borders are marked by the Sudeten Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains. Poland also has the natural borders – rivers - the Odra and the Nysa, with Germany and the Czech Republic are in the west. In the east the border with Belarus is set along the Bug river.

Poland had been preparing for EU accession for many years. Negotiations began in 1990, and four years later, an official membership application was made.

Since year 1999 Poland has been a member of NATO, and since 2004 it has been a part of the European Union. In the referendum which was held on 7–8 June 2003, 77 percent of Poles welcomed and voted to become citizens of a united Europe.

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