Explore Poland in Europe - Poland Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Poland with its capital Warsaw is located in Europe (Central Europe, east of Germany). It covers some 312,686 square kilometres (slightly smaller than New Mexico) with 38,500,000 citizens. Polish is the language used in Poland. Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia are bordering countries.

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About Poland

The topography features mostly flat plain with mountains along southern border. The average density of population is about 123 per km². The climate in can be described as temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation with mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers. Potential natural disasters are flooding.

To reach someone in Poland dial +48 prior to a number. There are 9,556,000 installed telephones. And there are 44,553,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".pl". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 16 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Poland

Poland Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Poland has 8 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Poland Unesco Heritage location overview.

Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)

The fortified walls, barbed wire, platforms, barracks, gallows, gas chambers and cremation ovens show the conditions within which the Nazi genocide took place in the former concentration and...

Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest

Situated on the watershed of the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, this immense forest range, consisting of evergreens and broad-leaved trees, is home to some remarkable animal life, including rare...

Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork

This 13th-century fortified monastery belonging to the Teutonic Order was substantially enlarged and embellished after 1309, when the seat of the Grand Master moved here from Venice. A particularly...

Centennial Hall in Wrocław

The Centennial Hall, a landmark in the history of reinforced concrete architecture, was erected in 1911-1913 by the architect Max Berg as a multi-purpose recreational building, situated in the...

Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica

The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Ś widnica, the largest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe, were built in the former Silesia in the mid-17th century, amid the religious strife that...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Poland

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Poland is shrinking at an rate of 0.05% (or by 20,386 citizens). Each year 18,078 people leave this country (or 0.50 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of -0.01%. Or an total decrease of 2,308 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.