By: Angelica Cachro

Geography

• Land Area 312,658 sq. km– Slightly smaller than

New Mexico• Climate: temperate• Terrain: flat plains,

mountainous southern border

•Location: central Europe, East of Germany•Geographic Coordinates 52 N 20 E

Cities

• The six biggest cities in Poland: – Warsaw – Lodz – Krakow– Wroclaw– Poznan– Gdansk

Topography

• Poland's average altitude is 173 m (568 ft)• 75.4% land is less 200 m (656 ft) above sea level.• The highest point, Mount Rysy (2,499 m/8,199 ft),

– is located in the Tatra Mountains (Slovakian border)

Giewont Mountain

The People • Population: 38,518,241• Language: Polish• Ethnic groups: Polish, German, Belarusian• Religions: Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox

Religions of Poland

Roman Catholic 89.8%

Eastern Orthodox 1.3%

Protestant 0.3%

Unspecified 8.6%

Ethnic Groups of PolandPolish 96.7%

German 0.4%

Belarusian 0.1%

Ukrainian 0.1%

Other and unspecified 2.7%

Government• Government type: Republic• Capital: Warsaw• Independence: 11 November

1918• Constitution Day May 3rd

Economy• Agriculture

– potatoes– fruits– vegetables– wheat– eggs

• Industries– machine building– iron & steel – coal mining

Currency~Zloty~

basic monetary unit for Poland100 groszy equal 1 zlotyOne zloty to US dollar 0.4336One US dollar to zloty 2.3062

Sources• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/f/fa/20070626192711!State_Flag_of_Pol

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