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 and Eastern Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, while its longest river is the Vistula. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union, with its sixteen voivodeships having a total population of over 38 million and covering a combined area of 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi). It is 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 nation's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Read more on Wikipedia