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Historical lands of Poland against the background of modern administrative borders (names in Polish) ... Suwałki Region (Polish: Suwalszczyzna ... Wikipedia® is a ...
The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into voivodeships (provinces); these are further divided into powiats (counties or districts), and these in turn are divided into gminas (communes or municipalities). Major cities normally have the status of both ...
Poland, [d] officially the Republic of Poland, [e] is a country in Central Europe.It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia [f] to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west.
العربية; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Cymraeg; Deutsch; Ελληνικά; Español; Esperanto; Euskara
Most of Poland's 9,300 lakes that are more than 10,000 square metres in area are located in the northern part of the lake region, where they occupy about 10% of the surface area. The Baltic coastal plains are a low-lying region formed of sediments deposited by the sea.
Values are shown in euros in the original source. All values are rounded to the nearest hundred. Except Warsaw metropolitan area, which is within Mazowieckie, all areas below are Voivodeships of Poland. Regions of Poland by GDP (2021). Map key: > €100 bil. > €50 bil. > €25 bil. > €10 bil.
Largest city of the entire region is Cottbus (Polish: Chociebuż, Lower Sorbian: Chóśebuz). The region was either wholly or partially ruled by Polish states in the past. It was also under Czech, German and Hungarian rule at various times. Lower Lusatia (Polish: Łużyce Dolne), eastern part is located in Poland, remainder in Germany.
Poland regained its independence in 1918 after World War I but lost it again in World War II, occupied by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Poland lost over six million citizens in World War II, and emerged several years later as a socialist republic within the Eastern Bloc under strong Soviet influence.