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Official country name
Republic of Poland
Short name
Poland
Local names
Rzeczpospolita Polska (long)
Polska (short)
Polska (short)
Nationality
Pole(s) (noun) Polska (adjective)
Languages spoken
Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census)
Capital
Warsaw
Government type
republic
Population
38,500,696 ranked 35, (data 2008)
Geography
historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain. The lowest point is near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m.
Coastline
Coastline 440 km.
Land borders
3,047km, Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 615 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Slovakia 420 km, Ukraine 428 km.
Administrative divisions
16 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo); Dolnoslaskie (Lower Silesia), Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Kuyavia-Pomerania), Lodzkie, Lubelskie (Lublin), Lubuskie (Lubusz), Malopolskie (Lesser Poland), Mazowieckie (Masovia), Opolskie, Podkarpackie (Subcarpathia), Podlaskie, Pomorskie (Pomerania), Slaskie (Silesia), Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie (Warmia-Masuria), Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland), Zachodniopomorskie (West Pomerania)
Independence
11 November 1918 (republic proclaimed)