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  2. Poland - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Geography of Poland - Wikipedia

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    Poland (Polish: Polska) is a country that extends across the North European Plain from the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south to the sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea in the north. Poland is the fifth-most populous country of the European Union and the ninth-largest country in Europe by area.

  4. Outline of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The location of Poland Map of Poland. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Poland: . Poland is a sovereign country located in Central Europe. [1]

  5. List of cities and towns in Poland - Wikipedia

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    All municipalities in Poland are governed regardless of their type under the mandatory mayor–council government system. Executive power in a rural gmina is exercised by a wójt, while the homologue in municipalities containing cities or towns is called accordingly either a city mayor (prezydent miasta) or a town mayor (burmistrz), all of them elected by a two-round direct election, while the ...

  6. Szczecin - Wikipedia

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    Szczecin and Stettin are the Polish and German equivalents of the same name, which is of Proto-Slavic origin, though the exact etymology is the subject of ongoing research. [8] [a] In her Etymological Dictionary of Geographical Names of Poland, Maria Malec lists 11 theories regarding the origin of the name, including derivations from either: an Old Slavic word for 'hill peak' (Polish: szczyt ...

  7. Regions of Poland - Wikipedia

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    This Poland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  8. Administrative divisions of Poland - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, the area around Radom, which historically is part of Lesser Poland, is located in the Masovian Voivodeship. Also, the Pomeranian Voivodeship includes only the eastern extreme of historical Pomerania, as the western part is in Germany and the eastern border has shifted again and again. Division of Poland into voivodeships and powiats ...

  9. Białystok - Wikipedia

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    Białystok is located in the Białystok Uplands of the Podlachian Plain on the banks of the Biała River, 200 km (124 mi) northeast of Warsaw. [10] It has historically attracted migrants from elsewhere in Poland and beyond, particularly from Central and Eastern Europe .