Republic of Poland

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since 1918 · up to 315 thousand km² · Europe, Eastern Europe & Russia

Capital: Warsaw (1795–…), Gniezno (…–1038), Kraków (1038–1795)

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, and borders Lithuania and Russia to the northeast; Belarus and Ukraine to the east; Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south; and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the fifth largest EU country by land area, covering 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi).

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Predecessors: Congress Poland, Regency Council, Republic of Tarnobrzeg, Rada Narodowa Księstwa Cieszyńskiego

Events on its territory

• 1955 Warsaw Pact
• 1980 Solidarity