Country: Poland



Population: 38,167,329
Capital: Warszawa
Currency: New Zloty (replacement for Zloty) (PLN (replacement for PLZ) )
Top level domain: .pl
Int. Phone access: 48
ISO2 code: PL
ISO3 code: POL
IOC code: POL


Poland



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Poland

Languages:
Polish

Religions:
Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002)

United Nations member since: 1945-10-24

Olympic achievements

Olympic Summer Games: 19 times.   Medals: gold  62   silver  80   bronse   119
Olympic Winter Games: 21 times.   Medals: gold  2   silver  6   bronse   6

Provinces / Regions


Biala Podlaska, Bialystok, Bielsko, Bydgoszcz, Chelm, Ciechanow, Czestochowa, Elblag, Gdansk, Gorzow, Jelenia Gora, Kalisz, Katowice, Kielce, Konin, Koszalin, Krakow, Krosno, Legnica, Leszno, Lodz, Lomza, Lublin, Nowy Sacz, Olsztyn, Opole, Ostroleka, Pila, Piotrkow, Plock, Poznan, Przemysl, Radom, Rzeszow, Siedlce, Sieradz, Skierniewice, Slupsk, Suwalki, Szczecin, Tarnobrzeg, Tarnow, Torun, Walbrzych, Warszawa, Wloclawek, Wroclaw, Zamosc, Zielona Gora, Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lodzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie,

Major Cities


Warszawa, Lódz, Kraków, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Katowice, Bialystok, Czestochowa, Gdynia, Sosnowiec, Radom, Kielce, Gliwice, Torun, Bytom, Zabrze, Bielsko-Biala, Olsztyn, Rzeszów, Ruda Slaska, Rybnik, Walbrzych, Tychy, Dabrowa Górnicza, Plock, Elblag, Opole, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Wloclawek, Chorzów, Tarnów, Zielona Góra, Koszalin, Legnica, Kalisz, Grudziadz, Slupsk, Jastrzebie-Zdrój, Jaworzno, Jelenia Góra,