Warsaw (pol)

Warsaw

Warsaw ranks 39th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Venice, Sydney, and Athens. Memorable people born in Warsaw include Marie Curie, Janusz Korczak, and Lech Kaczyński. Memorable people who died in Warsaw include L. L. Zamenhof, Sigismund III Vasa, and John III Sobieski. Warsaw has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Warsaw is located in Poland.

Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures 517 km2 (200 sq mi) and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers 6,100 km2 (2,355 sq mi). Warsaw is classified as an alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. It is also the capital of the Masovian Voivodeship. Read more on Wikipedia