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Entity: | 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 |
Poland | Maps: | ![[167 kB]](Mapy/Big/poland.gif) | |
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Flag | Flag description | ![Details... [2 kB]](Bazy_danych/Flagi/Miniatury/pl-lgflag.gif) | Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; similar to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco which are red (top) and white. |
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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