Poland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic o Poland (Pols: Rzeczpospolita Polska), for ordinar kent juist as Poland (Polska), is a kintra in central/aestren Europe. It mairches ontae the Baltic Sea tae the north, alang wi the Kaliningrad Oblast o Roushie. Lithuanie mairches tae the nor-aest, Beloroushae tae the aest, Ukraine tae the sooth-aest, Slovakie an Czechie tae the sooth, an Germany tae the wast.
Republic o Poland | |
---|---|
Location o Poland (dark green) – on the European continent (green & dark grey) | |
Caipital and largest city | Warsaw 52°13′N 21°02′E |
Offeecial leids | Pols[1] |
Minority leids | Kashubian, German, Belaroushie, Ukrainian, Roushie, Rusyn, Czech, Slovak, Yiddish |
Ethnic groups (2011[2]) |
|
Demonym(s) |
|
Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Andrzej Duda |
Donald Tusk | |
Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Sejm |
Formation | |
14 Apryle 966 | |
• Kinrick o Poland | 18 Apryle 1025 |
• Pols–Lithuanie Commonweel | 1 Julie 1569 |
• Pairteetion o Poland | 24 October 1795 |
• Duchy of Warsaw | 22 Julie 1807 |
• Congress Poland | 9 Juin 1815 |
• Seicont Pols Republic | 11 November 1918 |
1 September 1939 | |
• Communist Poland | 8 Apryle 1945 |
• Third Pols Republic | 13 September 1989 |
1 Mey 2004 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 312,679 km2 (120,726 sq mi)[a] (69th) |
• Water (%) | 3.07 |
Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 38,634,007[3] (34t) |
• Density | 123/km2 (318.6/sq mi) (83rd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $1.114 trillion[4] (21st) |
• Per capita | $29,349 |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $482.920 billion[4] (23rd) |
• Per capita | $12,722 |
Gini (2014) | 32.08[5] medium |
HDI (2015) | 0.855[6] verra heich · 36t |
Currency | Pols złoty (PLN) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +48 |
ISO 3166 code | PL |
Internet TLD | .pl |
Wabsteid poland.pl | |
|
The haill area o Poland is 312,679 km², makkin it the 69t lairgest kintra i the warld and 7t in Europe. Poland's population is mair nor 38.5 million, concentratit mainly around the ceities.
The first Pols state wis stertit i 966, in a territory similar tae the present area o Poland. Poland becam a kinrick i 1025, an i 1569 it cementit a lang associe wi the Grand Duchy o Lithuania by unitin ti form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonweal. The Commonweal collapsed i 1795. Poland regained its independence i 1918 eftir the Furst Warld War bit tint it aince mair i the Saicont Warld War, bein occupied bi Nazi Germany an the Soviet Union, an emergin eftir as a communist kintra in the Eastern Block under the control o the Soviet Union. I 1989, communist rule wis owerthrawn an Poland becam whit is informally kent as the "Third Polish Republic". Poland is the 33rd maist populous kintra in the warld. Poland is a unitary state made up o saxteen voivodeships (Polish: województwo). Poland is a memmer o the European Union, NATO, and OECD anaw.