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 Poland 
 Main prefix
 SP 
 Callsigns series
 3ZA-3ZZ, HFA-HFZ, SNA-SRZ 
  Callsigns series excluded: 
 HF0 (Polish Antarctic stations) 
 Time in capital city
 +1 h 
 Continent
 Europe 
 ITU zone
 28 
 CQ zone
 15 
 
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Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; similar to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco which are red (top) and white.
 
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 Poland 
 Capital: 
Warsaw
 Administrative
 divisions: 
16 provinces (województwa, singular - województwo): Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lodzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie.
 Population: 
38,625,478 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Polish
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
52° 00' N, 20° 00' E
 Area total: 
312,685 sq. km
 Land area: 
304,465 sq. km
 Water area: 
8,220 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
2,788 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Belarus 407 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 526 km
 Coastline: 
491 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Raczki Elbl±skie -2 m - Rysy 2,499 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.pl
 Currency: 
zloty (PLN)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Poland
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Poland
 Name - local
 long form: 
Rzeczpospolita Polska
 Name - local
 short form: 
Polska
 Independence: 
11 November 1918 (independent republic proclaimed)
 Constitution: 
16 October 1997, adopted by the National Assembly 2 April 1997, passed by national referendum 23 May 1997
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Constitution Day, 3 May (1791); Independence Day, 11 November (1918)
 
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