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The Warsaw metropolitan area (known in Polish as: aglomeracja warszawska or Miejski Obszar Funkcjonalny Warszawy) is the metropolitan area of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The metropolitan area covers ten counties in the Masovian Voivodeship , with an area of 6,100 km 2 (2,400 sq mi) [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and a population of around 3.5 million in 2022 ...
In 1921, Warsaw's total area was estimated at only 124.7 km 2 with 1 million inhabitants–over 8,000 people/km 2 made Warsaw more densely populated than contemporary London. [51] The Średnicowy Bridge was constructed for railway (1921–1931), connecting both parts of the city across the Vistula.
Warsaw is a city with powiat rights, and is further divided into 18 districts (dzielnica pronounced [ˈd͡ʑɛlɲit͡sa] ⓘ), auxiliary units which are legally integral parts of the city as an entity, but with some limited powers devolved to their own local governments (or ‘self-governments’ as they are typically referred to in Polish).
U.S. Route 30 and Indiana State Road 15 both pass through town, while Indiana State Road 25 begins on West Market Street while traffic is routed to West Winona Avenue along with State Road 15 after US Route 30 bypassed the downtown area. According to the 2010 census, Warsaw has a total area of 12.918 square miles (33.46 km 2), of which 11.58 ...
Metropolitan area Population (2021) [1] Warsaw metropolitan area: 3,220,251: Katowice metropolitan area [a]: 2,469,891: Kraków metropolitan area: 1,428,363: Gdańsk ...
Muranów is a neighbourhood in the districts of Śródmieście (Downtown) and Wola in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland.It was founded in the 17th century. The name is derived from the palace belonging to Simone Giuseppe Belotti, a Venetian architect, who originally came to Warsaw from the island of Murano. [1]
Mokotów (Polish pronunciation: [mɔˈkɔtuf] ⓘ) is a city quarter of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.It is densely populated, and hosts many companies and foreign embassies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialised (Służewiec Przemysłowy), while the majority is full of parks and green areas (Mokotów Field
In the early 1910s, Warsaw Old Town was the home of the prominent Yiddish writer Alter Kacyzne, who later depicted life there in his 1929 novel "שטאַרקע און שוואַכע" (Shtarke un Shvache, "The Strong and the Weak"). As depicted in the novel, the Old Town at that time was a slum neighborhood, with poor families—some Jewish ...