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Zawoja
Place in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zawoja [zaˈvɔja] is a village in southern Poland located close to Maków Podhalański. It is situated in Sucha County (Lesser Poland Voivodeship). With neighbouring village of Skawica it constitutes a rural Zawoja Commune. It has 7,400 inhabitants and is one of the biggest Polish villages.[1] It is also considered the longest one as it stretches for about 19 kilometres in a picturesque mountain valley.[2] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Sucha Beskidzka and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków.
It is situated close to a mountain massif of Babia Góra (1725 m). The headquarters of Babia Góra National Park is located here. Since 19th century Zawoja is one of the important mountain resorts in Poland. It is known for its wooden architecture and folk culture of Babia Góra Gorals.
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See also
- LOT Polish Airlines Flight LO 165 crashed on the nearby Polica mountain
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