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Country’s full name: The Republic of Poland

National anthem: "Mazurek Dabrowskiego" / "Dombrowski's Mazurka"

National flag color: top - white, bottom - red

National banner: flag with national emblem - national symbol used by ships, civil air ports, diplomatic missions and consular posts

National emblem: White eagle in a crown against a red background

    

Holidays in Poland:
1 January - New Year's Day
First Day of Easter
Second Day of Easter
1 May - National Holiday
3 May - National Holiday of 3rd May 
Corpus Christi
15 August - The Virgin Mary Assumption
1 November - All Saints' Day
11 November - National Holiday of Independence 
25 December - Christmas Day 
26 December - Boxing Day

Territory:
Poland lies in the central part of the Europe, the geometrical centre of European continent is near Warsaw (capital of Poland). Transport between West and the East European continental masses also runs through Poland. Poland's area is 322,500 sq km whitch contains: 312,600 sq km of land, 1,200 sq km of inland waters, and 8,700 sq km of territorial waters. Poland is on 9th place in Europe with ths size , after Russia, Ukraine, France, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Finland and Norway.

Neighbouring countries (border length):
Russia (Kaliningrad District) (210 km) 
Lithuania (103 km) 
Byelorussia (416 km) 
Ukraine (529 km) 
Slovakia (539 km) 
Czech Republic (790 km) 
Germany (467 km) 
Length of sea border (528 km)
Total length of national border 3582 km

Administrative division:
1998 the number of voivodeships (województwa), the major territorial division, was reduced from 49 to 16, the powiat was instated as an intermediate unit between the gmina and the voivodeship, and some of the administrative duties and tasks devolved from central government to the territorial and/or local authorities. The major Polish cities are Warsaw, Lodz, Cracow (Krakow), Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Katowice, and Lublin.

The Voivodeship of Lower Silesia (wojewodztwo dolnoslaskie)
Area: 19,948 sq km
Population: 2,985,000
Major cities: Wroclaw, Walbrzych, Legnica, Jelenia Gora, Klodzko

The Voivodeship of Cuiavia and Pomerania
(wojewodztwo kujawsko-pomorskie) 
Area: 17,970 sq km 
Population: 2,980,000
Major cities: Bydgoszcz, Torun, Wloclawek, Grudziadz, Inowroclaw 

The Voivodeship of Lublin (wojewodztwo lubelskie)
Area: 25,115 sq km 
Population: 2,233,000
Major cities: Lublin, Chelm, Zamosc, Biala Podlaska

The Voivodeship of Lubusz (wojewodztwo lubuskie)
Area: 13,985 sq km
Population: 1,019,000
Major cities: Gorzow Wielkopolski, Zielona Gora

The Voivodeship of Lodz (£ód¼) (wojewodztwo lodzkie)
Area: 18,223 sq km 
Population: 2,676,000
Major cities: Lodz, Skierniewice, Sieradz, Piotrkow Trybunalski

The Voivodeship of Lesser Poland (wojewodztwo malopolskie)
Area: 15,141 sq km 
Population: 3,204,000
Major cities: Cracow (Krakow), Tarnow, Nowy Sacz

The Voivodeship of Mazovia (wojewodztwo mazowieckie)
Area: 35,715 sq km 
Population: 5,068,000
Major cities: Warsaw (Polish name: Warszawa), Plock, Radom, Siedlce, Ostroleka

The Voivodeship of Opole (wojewodztwo opolskie)
Area: 9,412 sq km 
Population: 1,092,000
Major cities: Opole, Kedzierzyn-Kozle

The Voivodeship of Sub-Carpathia (wojewodztwo podkarpackie)
Area: 17,890 sq km 
Population: 2,100,000
Major cities: Rzeszow, Przemysl, Tarnobrzeg, Krosno

The Voivodeship of Podlassia (wojewodztwo podlaskie)
Area: 20,180 sq km
Population: 1,224,000 
Major cities: Bialystok, Lomza, Suwalki

The Voivodeship of Pomerania (wojewodztwo pomorskie)
Area: 18,293 sq km 
Population: 2,179,000
Major cities: Gdansk, Gdynia, Slupsk

The Voivodeship of Silesia (wojewodztwo slaskie)
Area: 12,294 sq km 
Population: 4,894,000
Major cities: Katowice, Czestochowa, Bielsko-Biala 

The Voivodeship of Kielce (wojewodztwo swietokrzyskie)
Area: 11,672 sq km 
Population: 1,328,000 
Major cities: Kielce, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Starachowice, Sandomierz

The Voivodeship of Varmia and Masuria
(województwo warminsko-mazurskie)
Area: 24,202 sq km
Population: 1,460,000
Major cities: Olsztyn, Elblag

The Voivodeship of Greater Poland (województwo wielkopolskie)
Area: 29,942 sq km
Population: 3,345,000
Major cities: Poznan, Leszno, Kalisz, Pila

The Voivodeship of Western Pomerania (województwo zachodniopomorskie)
Area: 23,032 sq km
Population: 1,729,000
Major cities: Szczecin, Koszalin