POLAND
Poland covers 312.685km(2), making it the world´s 63rd largest country and Europe´s 9th largest. Territorial waters extend over 8700km(2), while the Vistula and Szczecin Lagoons cover 1200 km(2). The country´s nearly 39 million inhabitants are 96% Polish, 4% ethnic minorities – mainly Germans, Byelorussians and Ukrainians. The official language is Polish, the currency the zloty ( of which 1 is made up of 100 groszy). The country is a pluralistic democracy with a parliament elected by universal suffrage every four years. 460 senators in its Senat.The President of the Republic is in turn elected every 5 years. The legal foundations of the Third Republic of Poland are as set out in the Constitution of April 2nd 1997.
The emblem of Poland is a vhite eagle in a golden crown facing right, with a golden beak and claws, set against a red rectangular field. The Polish colours are red and white and these are arranged horizontally on the country´s flag, with white above and red below.
An Act entering into force on January 1st 1999 ushered in a new territorial division of the state, into 16 voivodships ( province-regions ), 315 poviants ( “counties” ) pus 65 towns with poviat rights and 2489 urban, urban-rural, and rural. The nation´s capital is Warsaw. The Polish calendar includes 11 public holidays, which are either national commemorations (labour Day- May 1st, Constitution Day- May 3rd and Independence Day- November 11th) or days of religious significance (two days at Easter, Corpus Christi, August 15th- the holiday of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, November 1st- All Saints Day, December 25th and 26th- Christmas Day and Boxing Bay), plus January 1st- New Year´s Day.
Poland covers 312.685km(2), making it the world´s 63rd largest country and Europe´s 9th largest. Territorial waters extend over 8700km(2), while the Vistula and Szczecin Lagoons cover 1200 km(2). The country´s nearly 39 million inhabitants are 96% Polish, 4% ethnic minorities – mainly Germans, Byelorussians and Ukrainians. The official language is Polish, the currency the zloty ( of which 1 is made up of 100 groszy). The country is a pluralistic democracy with a parliament elected by universal suffrage every four years. 460 senators in its Senat.The President of the Republic is in turn elected every 5 years. The legal foundations of the Third Republic of Poland are as set out in the Constitution of April 2nd 1997.
The emblem of Poland is a vhite eagle in a golden crown facing right, with a golden beak and claws, set against a red rectangular field. The Polish colours are red and white and these are arranged horizontally on the country´s flag, with white above and red below.
An Act entering into force on January 1st 1999 ushered in a new territorial division of the state, into 16 voivodships ( province-regions ), 315 poviants ( “counties” ) pus 65 towns with poviat rights and 2489 urban, urban-rural, and rural. The nation´s capital is Warsaw. The Polish calendar includes 11 public holidays, which are either national commemorations (labour Day- May 1st, Constitution Day- May 3rd and Independence Day- November 11th) or days of religious significance (two days at Easter, Corpus Christi, August 15th- the holiday of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, November 1st- All Saints Day, December 25th and 26th- Christmas Day and Boxing Bay), plus January 1st- New Year´s Day.
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