About Poland

Information about Poland

• Country's full name: The Republic of Poland
• 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
• Location: Central Europe, east of Germany
• Map references: Europe
• Administrative divisions: 16 provinces: Dolnośląskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Łódzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Małopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Śląskie, Świętokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie
• Currency: 1 zloty = 100 grosz
• Area: 312,685 km2 (120,727 sqm)
• Political system: Parliamentary democracy
• Language: Polish
• Population: 38, 6 m in the year 2000 (based on GUS data www.stat.gov.pl)
• Capital city: Warsaw - 1,6 m citizens