Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; similar to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco which are red (top) and white.

Warsaw

16 provinces (województwa, singular - województwo): Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lodzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie.

38,625,478 (July 2002 est.)

Polish

52° 00' N, 20° 00' E

312,685 sq. km

304,465 sq. km

8,220 sq. km

2,788 km

Belarus 407 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 526 km

491 km

Raczki Elbląskie -2 m - Rysy 2,499 m

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zloty (PLN)

Republic of Poland

Poland

Rzeczpospolita Polska

Polska

11 November 1918 (independent republic proclaimed)

16 October 1997, adopted by the National Assembly 2 April 1997, passed by national referendum 23 May 1997

republic

Constitution Day, 3 May (1791); Independence Day, 11 November (1918)