School website:  http://www.gimkrzczonow.pl/
Project website: http://www.europroject.edu.pl/

BASIC FACTS ABOUT POLAND

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Poland (Pòlskô Repùblika)
EU ADMISSION DATE: 01.05.2004
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: north-eastern Europe
NEIGHBOURS: Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belarus and Lithuania
AREA: 312.679 km2
POPULATION: ca. 38.5 million
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION: 16 provinces(voivodeships)
CAPITAL: Warsaw
CHIEF CITIES: Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, etc.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Polish
THE HIGHEST PEAK: Peak of Rysy (2.499 m)
LONGEST RIVER: Vistula
CURRENCY: Złoty (PLN)
MAIN RELIGION: Catholic
FAMOUS PEOPLE: Pope John Paul I, Madame Curie, Frederic Chopin, Robert Lewandowski, Nicolas Copernicus, Baron Von Richthofen (Red Baron), etc.