Poland part 1

 POLAND

The capital of country is Warsaw

Area land– 312,679 km²

Population– 38 500 000

The head state– president Andrzej Duda

Official language-  Polish

Religion- Roman Catholic

This country is surrounded by the Baltic Sea, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and partly Russia. This country consists of seventeen voivodeships and there are 915 cities.

INTERESTING FACTS 

The highest mountains are Rysy (2 499 meters above sea level)

The longest river is Vistula-  1 047 kilometers

Pope John Paul II was the most prominent Polish person.

Holy Cross Mountains- Świętokrzyskie Mountains are the oldest mountains in Europe.

Poland is the biggest manufacturer of apples.

Polish traditional dish is stewed cabbage.

Warsaw and Lviv were the only cities honored with Virtuti Militari order.

Cuirasses have been invented by Kazimierz Żegleń and Jan Szczepaniak.

Nicholas Copernicus was the first person, who discovered that Earth isn’t in the centre of universe.

Szczecin's cinema "Pioner" has been working since 1909 and it is the second longest working cinema in the world.

St Mary's Basilica in Gdańsk is the biggest brick church in the world. It covers the area of 5000m2 and its highest tower is 82 meters high.

Seventeen people from Poland got the Nobel prize. Maria Curie Skłodowska was the only person honored with Nobel prize in 2 different branch of sciences.