Poland

Republic o Poland
Republic o Poland; Rzeczpospolita Polska (Pols)
	Banner Coat o airms
	Anthem: Mazurek Dąbrowskiego; Poland Is Nae Yet Lost;
	Location o Poland (dark green) – on the European continent (green & dark grey); – in the European Union (green) — [Legend]
Caipital; and largest city	Warsaw; 52°13′N 21°02′E / 52.217°N 21.033°E
Offeecial leids	Pols
Minority leids	Kashubian, German, Belaroushie, Ukrainian, Roushie, Rusyn, Czech, Slovak, Yiddish
Ethnic groups (2011)	94.61% Pols; 0.28% German; 0.12% Belaroushie; 0.12% Ukrainian; 0.04% Kashubian; 0.03% Romani; 0.02% Lemko; 4.78% other;
Demonym(s)	Pols; Pole;
Govrenment	Unitar semi-presidential republic
• Preses	Andrzej Duda
• Prime Meenister	Donald Tusk
Legislatur	Naitional Assembly
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Sejm
Formation
• Christianisation	14 Apryle 966
• Kinrick o Poland	18 Apryle 1025
• Pols–Lithuanie Commonweel	1 Julie 1569
• Pairteetion o Poland	24 October 1795
• Duchy of Warsaw	22 Julie 1807
• Congress Poland	9 Juin 1815
• Seicont Pols Republic	11 November 1918
• Invasion o Poland, Warld War II	1 September 1939
• Communist Poland	8 Apryle 1945
• Third Pols Republic	13 September 1989
• Accession tae the European Union	1 Mey 2004
Aurie
• Total	312,679 km2 (120,726 sq mi) (69th)
• Water (%)	3.07
Population
• 2017 estimate	38,634,007 (34t)
• Density	123/km2 (318.6/sq mi) (83rd)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$1.114 trillion (21st)
• Per capita	$29,349
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Tot	$482.920 billion (23rd)
• Per capita	$12,722
Gini (2014)	32.08; medium
HDI (2015)	0.855; verra heich · 36t
Currency	Pols złoty (PLN)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+48
ISO 3166 code	PL
Internet TLD	.pl
	Wabsteid; poland.pl
	^a The aurie o Poland, as gien bi the Central Statistical Office, is 312,679 km2 (120,726 sq mi), o that 311,888 km2 (120,421 sq mi) is laund an 791 km2 (305 sq mi) is internal watter surface aurie.; ^b The adoption o Christianity in Poland is seen bi mony Poles, regairdless o thair releegious affiliation or lack thareo, as ane o the maist signeeficant events in thair kintra's history, as it wis uised tae unifee the tribes in the region.;

Coordinates: 52°N 20°E / 52°N 20°E / 52; 20

The Republic o Poland (Pols: Rzeczpospolita Polska), for ordinar kent juist as Poland (Polska), is a kintra in central/aestren Europe. It mairches ontae the Baltic Sea tae the north, alang wi the Kaliningrad Oblast o Roushie. Lithuanie mairches tae the nor-aest, Beloroushae tae the aest, Ukraine tae the sooth-aest, Slovakie an Czechie tae the sooth, an Germany tae the wast.

The haill area o Poland is 312,679 km², makkin it the 69t lairgest kintra i the warld and 7t in Europe. Poland's population is mair nor 38.5 million, concentratit mainly around the ceities.

The first Pols state wis stertit i 966, in a territory similar tae the present area o Poland. Poland becam a kinrick i 1025, an i 1569 it cementit a lang associe wi the Grand Duchy o Lithuania by unitin ti form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonweal. The Commonweal collapsed i 1795. Poland regained its independence i 1918 eftir the Furst Warld War bit tint it aince mair i the Saicont Warld War, bein occupied bi Nazi Germany an the Soviet Union, an emergin eftir as a communist kintra in the Eastern Block under the control o the Soviet Union. I 1989, communist rule wis owerthrawn an Poland becam whit is informally kent as the "Third Polish Republic". Poland is the 33rd maist populous kintra in the warld. Poland is a unitary state made up o saxteen voivodeships (Polish: województwo). Poland is a memmer o the European Union, NATO, and OECD anaw.