tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63551104516749262412011-11-27T15:28:17.377-08:00asian bringershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14320246899961648766noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355110451674926241.post-88480325109412770572009-04-17T03:27:00.000-07:002009-04-17T03:28:52.296-07:00<ul><li><strong>Official name</strong>: Republic of Poland /Rzeczpospolita Polska<br />(short form: Poland/ Polska)</li><li><strong>Independence</strong>: 11 November 1918 (republic proclaimed)</li><li><strong>Government type</strong>: republic </li><li><strong>Location</strong>: Central Europe</li><li><strong>Border countries</strong>: Belarus 416 km, Czech Republic 790 km, Germany 467 km, Lithuania 103 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 210 km, Slovakia 541 km, Ukraine 529 km</li><li><strong>Language</strong>: Polish</li><li><strong>Capital city</strong>: Warsaw</li></ul> <ul><li><strong>Major cities</strong>: Gdańsk, Kraków, Łódź, Poznań, Wrocław</li><li><strong>Population</strong>: 38 518 241 (July 2007)</li><li><strong>Total area</strong>: 312 685 sq km (304 465 sq m - land, 8220 sq m - water)</li><li><strong>Climate</strong>: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers </li><li><strong>Local time</strong>: GMT + 1 hr</li><li><strong>Executive branch</strong>: head of state: President Lech Kaczynski (since December 2005); head of government: Prime Minister Donald Tusk (since November 2007) </li><li><strong>Member of the European Union</strong>: Since 2004</li><li><strong>Religions</strong>: Roman Catholic 89,8%, Eastern Orthodox 1,3%, Protestant 0,3%, other 0,3%, unspecified 8,3% </li><li><strong>Monetary unit</strong>: zloty (PLN) </li><li><strong>Approximate exchange rates</strong>: 1 EUR = 3,59 PLN; 1 USD = 2,45 PLN; 1 CHF = 2,17 PLN; 1 GBP = 4,87 PLN; 100 JPY = 2,19 PLN (actual exchange rates: <a href="http://www.nbp.pl/" target="_blank"><strong>www.nbp.pl</strong></a>)</li><li><strong>GDP - per capita</strong>: 14 400 USD (2006)</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6355110451674926241-8848032510941277057?l=studyindenmark.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>asian bringershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14320246899961648766noreply@blogger.com0