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Poland - GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Population - Local time - Languages - Religion - Political system - Climate - Tourism - Food



Population



Main Cities Population
Warsaw   2,200,000  
Lodz   1,000,000  
Cracow   746  
Wroclaw   643  
Poznan   582  
Gdansk   463  



Total population (millions): 38.2
Source: World Bank 2004

Urban population: 62%
Source: World Bank 2004

Average annual population growth: -0.1%
Source: World Bank 2004

Surface area (km²) : 323,25


Population origin

Origin of the population% Of the population
Polish92
Tzigane 6.5
Other 1.5




Local time


It is %T:%M %A in Varsovie


GMT+1 in winter, GMT+2 in summer


Languages


Official language: Polish
Polish belongs to the family of the Western Slavic languages (just as Czech and Slovak).
The most spoken foreign languages are German and English, but it is recommended to master some Polish words in order to travel throughout Poland.

Free translation tools in Poland :
Tranexp
Free English-Polish-English translator of texts and web pages

Ectaco
English-Polish-English Dictionary



Religion


Religious practises : Catholics 95%
Christian orthodox 1.8%
Others 3.2%.


Political system


Poland is a parliamentary Republic. The Parliament is composed of the Diet (460 members elected by universal suffrage every four years) and the Senate (100 members). The President is Aleksander Kwasniewski (1995).
Leszek Miller has been chosen as Prime Minister in October 2001.


Climate

 


Tourism

Number of visitors in Poland 2002 2003 2004 World rank
Number of visitors (1000) 13980   13720   14290   15
Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005

 

Tourist sites


-The Lazienki Park ( Warsaw),
-The Wilanow Palace ( Warsaw's ),
-The market Square( Krakow),
-The Castle and the Wawel cathedral ( Krakow's ),
-The Czartoryski museum ( Krakow ),
-The Jasna Gora convent ( Czestochowa's ),
-The Royal Way (Gdansk),
-The Malbork Castle ( Gdansk) .

For more information about tourism in Poland , check out the following web site(s) :
Informations portal on tourism in Poland


Food


Traditional dishes


The most famous Polish dishes are:
Barszcz: Beetroot soup with small raviolis filled with mushrooms, or with meat.
Placki Ziemniaczane: potatoes fritters
Bigos: cabbage with pieces of meat, requires several days to be made.
Szarlotka: Apple cake with cinnamon sprinkled on top.
Makowiec: poppy cake
As for alcohol drinks, Polish appreciate vodka and beer a lot:Zywiec, Okocim and EB are the most famous in Poland.

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