Author: Łukasz Radziak
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1 Map of Poland
2 Map of Europe
3. Polish coins
4. Jonh Paul II
5. Moutains
6.Sports in Poland
7. Warsaw
8. Flora and Fauna
Poland (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic
of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a
country in Central Europe. Depending on the
definition, Poland can also be considered part of
Eastern, and Northern Europe. Poland is
bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech
Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine and
Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania
and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to
the north. The total area of Poland is
312,679 km²,making it the 69t largest country in
the world and 5th in Europe. Poland's
population is over 38.5 million people,
concentrated mainly in urban areas.
Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the
Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the
westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe
is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west
by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the
Mediterranean Sea, to the southeast by the Caucasus
Mountains and the Black Sea and the waterways
connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. To the
east, Europe is generally divided from Asia by the water
divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, and by the
Caspian Sea.
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National
Bank of Poland, see also Polish złoty.
Pope John Paul II born Karol Józef Wojtyła 18 May
1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of the
Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of
the Vatican City from 16 October 1978, until his death,
almost 27 years later, making his the second-longest
pontificate in modern times after Pius IX's 31-year
reign. He is the only Polish pope, and was the first nonItalian pope since the Dutch Adrian VI in the 1520s. He
is one of only four people to have been named to the
Time 100 for both the 20th century and for a year in the
21st.
Rysy
Rysy is a mountain in the
crest of the High Tatras, at
the Polish-Slovak border.
Rysy has three peaks:
middle (2,503 m), northwestern (2,499 m) and
south-eastern (2,473 m). The
north-western peak is the
highest point of Poland.
Kasprowy Wierch
Kasprowy Wierch or
Kasprov vrch is a
mountain in the
Western Tatras. It is
pronounced in English.
In 1910 Kasprowy
became very popular
among ski tourists.
Łysa Góra
Łysa Góra is a wellknown mountain in
Świętokrzyskie
Mountains, Poland.
With a height of 595
meters, it is the second
highest mountain in
that range.
Adam Małysz, Ski Jumper (born December 3, 1977 in Wisła, Poland) - Małysz
won two Olympic medals (Silver, Bronze) at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake
City. He has also won an incredible 38 World Cup competitions, only second to
Finland's Matti Nykänen (46) on the all-time list. He is the first ski jumper ever
to win the World Cup 3 times in a row.
Jerzy Dudek, Soccer Player (born March 23, 1973 in Rybnik, Poland) - Dudek, a
famous Polish goalkeeper began his professional career with Sokół Tychy, a team
in the Polish National Soccer League where he played one season in 1995-1996.
Between 1996-2002, Dudek was a member of Feyenoord Rotterdam of the
Eredivisie league in The Netherlands where he won the 1998-1999 Dutch League
Championship and the 1999–2000 Dutch Super Cup.
Warsaw is the capital of Poland and its largest city. It
is located on the Vistula River roughly 370 kilometers
(230 mi) from both the Baltic Sea coast and the
Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2006 was
estimated at 1,700,536, with a metropolitan area of
approximately 2,900,000 to 3,000,000 people. The city
area is 516.9 square kilometers (199.6 sq mi), with an
agglomeration of 6,100.43 square kilometers
(2,355.4 sq mi) (Warsaw Metro Area - Obszar
Metropolitalny Warszawy). Warsaw is the 8th biggest
city in the European Union.
Warsaw gave its name to the Warsaw Pact, Warsaw
Convention and the Treaty of Warsaw and the warsaw
uprising.
Many 0 that 0 0 died out in other parts of Europe still survive in Poland, such as the wisent in the
ancient woodland of the Białowieża Forest and in Podlachia. Other such species include the brown
bear in Białowieża, in the Tatras, and in the Beskids, the gray wolf and the Eurasian lynx in various
forests, the moose in northern Poland, and the beaver in Masuria, Pomerania, and Podlachia. In the
forests, one also encounters game animals, such as red deer, roe deer, and boars. In eastern Poland
there are a number of ancient woodlands, like Białowieża, that have never been cleared by people.
There are also large forested areas in the mountains, Masuria, Pomerania, and Lower Silesia.