Poland (pol)

Poland

Poland ranks 1,980th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Stevenage, and Marmorpalais. Memorable people born in Poland include Władysław I Herman, Bezprym, and Anna Leszczyńska. Memorable people who died in Poland include Sviatopolk I of Kiev, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, and Halszka Osmólska. Poland has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians. Poland is located in Poland.

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory is characterised by a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and temperate transitional climate. Poland is composed of sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the fifth largest EU country by land area, covering a combined area of 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Read more on Wikipedia