Location: Middle Europe, on the Baltic Sea

Land boundaries: Russia - Kaliningrad (N), Lithuania (N-E), Ukraine and Bialorus (E), Czech Republik and Slowakia (S), Germany (W)

Capital: Warsaw (Warszawa) with 1 707,981 inhabitants.
Other major cities: Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk

Total area: 322.575 km². Poland is the 9th largest country in Europe, and 68th on the world.

Population: 38.161 (118,2 people/km²). Poland is the 8. largest country in Europe, and 34. on the world.

Nationality: Polish people 96,7 %

Language: polish

Local time: GMT+01:00

Currency: PLN polish zloty

Rates of exchange (June 2011):
1 EURO=3,9626 PLN; 1 GBP=4,3679  PLN, 1 USD=2,7273 PLN

Political system: parliamentary democracy

Head of State: President Bronisław Komorowski

International relations: Schengen (2007), UE (2004), NATO (1999), OECD (1996), WTO (1995), ONZ (1945)

GPD total: 525,7 mld USD; GPD per capita:17,482 USD.
Poland’s economy is 7. in Europe, and 21. on the world.

Human Development Index (2007): 41 position / 182 countries

Quality of Life Index (2007): 43 position / 195 countries

Index of Economic Freedom (2009): 82 position / 179 countries

Geography:

Warmest mounth: July (27°C), coldest mounth December (-10°C)

Maximum distance from north to south 649 km, from east to west 689 km

Borderline: 3511 km, costline: 440 km

The Baltic Sea on the North

The Sudety and Karpaty Mountains on the South

Forest covers 28,7 % of the land area