Warsaw
Warszawa
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Coat of arms
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Nickname(s):
Paris of the North, Phoenix City
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Motto:
Semper invicta
(
Latin
"Ever invincible")
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Location within Poland
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Location within Europe
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Coordinates:
52°14′N
21°1′E
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52.233°N 21.017°E
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52.233; 21.017
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Country
| Poland
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Voivodeship
| Masovia
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County
| City county
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Founded
| 13th century
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City rights
| 1323
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Districts
| 18 boroughs
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Mayor
| Rafał Trzaskowski
(
PO
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Capital city and county
| 517.24 km
2
(199.71 sq mi)
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? Metro
| 6,100.43 km
2
(2,355.39 sq mi)
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Elevation
| 78?116 m (328 ft)
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Capital city and county
| 1,793,579 (
1st
)
[1]
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? Rank
| 1st in Poland
(
8th in EU
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? Density
| 3,460/km
2
(9,000/sq mi)
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Metro
| 3,100,844
[2]
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? Metro density
| 509.1/km
2
(1,319/sq mi)
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Demonym
| Varsovian
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Time zone
| UTC+1
(
CET
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? Summer (
DST
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| UTC+2
(
CEST
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Postal code
| 00-001 to 04?999
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Area code
| +48 22
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Website
| um.warszawa.pl
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Official name
| Historic Centre of Warsaw
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Type
| Cultural
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Criteria
| ii, vi
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Designated
| 1980
(4th
session
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Reference no.
| [1]
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UNESCO region
| Europe
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Warsaw
(In
Polish
:
Warszawa
) is the
capital
of
Poland
in
Masovian Voivodeship
. It is also the biggest
city
in that
country
. There are about 2,000,000 people living there (1,726,581 as of 31 March 2014). People from Warsaw are called "Varsovians".
There are other names for Warsaw. For example,
Varsovia
(
Latin
, Spanish) and
Varsovia
(
Portuguese
),
Varsovie
(French),
Varsavia
(Italian),
Warschau
(German,
Dutch
),
??????
/
Varshe
(
Yiddish
),
Var?uva
(
Lithuanian
),
Varso
(
Hungarian
) and
Var?ava
(
Czech
)
For the name of Warsaw in various languages, see
wikt:Warsaw
.
Warsaw is near the middle of Poland on both sides of the Vistula
river
, and about 350
km
(225
miles
) from the
Baltic Sea
. It is about 100
m
(325
ft
) above
sea level
. Warsaw has a
humid continental climate
(
Dfb
in the
Koeppen climate classification
).
Warsaw is home to four
universities
and 62
colleges
, and many
theatres
and art galleries.
People began living here in the
13th century
. By the
15th century
, Warsaw had grown enough to be called a city. It became the capital of Poland in 1596.
The city was destroyed several times in its history, but every time it was rebuilt. The most important of these times was during the
Second World War
. Poland had been occupied by
Germany
between 1939 and 1944. On 1 August 1944, the people of Warsaw started fighting to free their city.
There are lot of attractions in the capital of Poland. The most famous monument of Warsaw is the
Palace of Culture and Science
. There is a palace in Wilanow. The king of Poland
John III Sobieski
lived there. Many people like going to the Museum of
Warsaw Uprising
. The uprising started in 1944 during
World War II
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Athens
,
Greece
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Chicago
,
USA
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Rio de Janerio
,
Brazil
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The Hague
,
The Netherlands
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Royal Castle
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Presidential Palace
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Old Town
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Branicki Palace
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Jablonski Palace
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Łazienki Palace
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Łazienki Palace
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Belweder
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Chopin
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Ujazdow Palace
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Wilanow
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Aleksander's Church
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Seminar Church
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Saxon Garden 1900
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Filharmonia
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Politechnic
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about:
Warsaw
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Warsaw
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NOTES:
1. Country part of both Europe and Asia
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