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Lodz, Poland, the capital of Lodzkie province. Lodz is the second largest city in Poland. See more »

Geography of Poland

Geography of Poland

Poland, officially Republic of Poland, a country of eastern Europe. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea, Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Germany.

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Geography of Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz, Poland, a city near the Vistula River, about 140 miles (225 km) northwest of Warsaw.

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Geography of Galicia

Galicia, a region in southeastern Poland and the western portion of Ukraine. Lumbering and farming are the main occupations; oil and natural gas are the leading resources.

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Geography of Gdansk

Gdańsk, Poland, one of the nation's largest cities and the capital of Pomorskie province.

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Geography of Gdynia

Gdynia, Poland, a city and a major seaport on the Gulf of Gdańsk, an arm of the Baltic Sea.

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Geography of Katowice

Katowice, Poland, the capital of Slaskie province. The city lies about 160 miles (257 km) southwest of Warsaw in Upper Silesia, a major industrial and coal-mining region.

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Geography of Krakow

Kraków, or Cracow, Poland, one of the nation's largest cities and the capital of Malopolskie province.

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Geography of Lodz

Lodz, Poland, the capital of Lodzkie province. Lodz is the second largest city in Poland.

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Geography of Lublin

Lublin, Poland, the capital of Lubelskie province. It is a commercial and industrial center in a productive agricultural and lignite-producing area in the southeastern part of the country.

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Geography of Poznan

Poznań, pôz'nän-y', Poland, the capital of Wielkopolskie province. It is on the Warta River, a tributary of the Oder, almost midway between Warsaw and Berlin.

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Geography of Silesia

Silesia,a historic region of east-central Europe. It occupies the upper valley of the Oder River and is bounded on the south and west by the Sudeten Mountains.

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Geography of Sosnoweic

Sosnowiec, Poland, a city in Slaskie province, about 155 miles (250 km) southwest of Warsaw.

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Geography of Warsaw

Warsaw (Polish:Warszawa, vär-shä'vä), Poland, the country's capital and largest city.

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Geography of Wroclaw

Wroclaw, Poland, the capital of the Dolnoslaskie province. The city was formerly called Breslau.

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Geography of Zabzre

Zabrze, Poland, a city in Slaskie province, about 160 miles (257 km) southwest of Warsaw.

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Szczecin

Szczecin, Poland, the capital of Zachodniopomorskie province. It lies near the German border on the Oder River, some 40 miles (64 km) south of the Baltic Sea.

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