Location: Middle Europe, on the Baltic Sea
Land boundaries: Russia - Kaliningrad (N), Lithuania (N-E), Ukraine and Bialorus (E), Czech Republik and Slowakia (S), Germany (W)
Capital: Warsaw (Warszawa) with 1 707,981 inhabitants
Other major cities: Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk
Total area: 322.575 km². Poland is the 9th largest country in Europe, and 68th on the world
Population: 38.161 (118,2 people/km²). Poland is the 8. largest country in Europe, and 34. on the world
Nationality: Polish people 96,7 %
Language: polish
Local time: GMT+01:00
Currency: PLN Polish zloty
Rates of exchange (February 2017): 1 EURO=4,3128 PLN; 1 GBP= 5,0643PLN, 1 USD= 4,0521PLN
Political system: parliamentary democracy
Head of State: President Andrzej Duda
International relations: Schengen (2007), UE (2004), NATO (1999), OECD (1996), WTO (1995), ONZ (1945)
GPD total: 525,7 mld USD; GPD per capita:17,482 USD.
Poland’s economy is 7. in Europe, and 21. on the world
Human Development Index (2007): 41 position / 182 countries
Quality of Life Index (2007): 43 position / 195 countries
Index of Economic Freedom (2009): 82 position / 179 countries
Geography:
Warmest month: July (27°C), coldest month December (-10°C)
Maximum distance from north to south 649 km, from east to west 689 km
Borderline: 3511 km, costline: 440 km
The Baltic Sea on the North
The Sudety and Karpaty Mountains on the South
Forest covers 28,7 % of the land area
