My sources say different: 0,03. Still possitive.
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The regions of Poland
Poland is situated in Central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. It covers an area of 312685 km² and is the 9th largest country in Europe. The total population amounts to 38.6 million inhabitants, occupying in this regard 8th place in Europe. Average population density amounts to 124 people per km². Poland is bordered on the east by Russia Federation (Kaliningrad District), Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine, on the west by Germany, on the south by the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and on the north by the Baltic Sea.
The origins of the Polish State reach date back to the IX-X centuries, when the tribes living in the Oder and Vistula river basins united. In 966, Poland adopted Christianity. In its more than
1000-year history, Poland has experienced both, periods of glory,
being one of the richest and most powerful country in Central and Eastern Europe (XVth and XVIth century), as well as of downfall, including the loss of independence and the division of its territory between Austria, Prussia and Russia at the end of the XVIII century. After a period of 123 years, Poland regained independence in 1918 only to lose its sovereignty again in the Second World War when invaded by both Germany and the Soviet Union. Its current borders, not determined until the Jalta and Potsdam Conferences and later agreements with Germany and the USSR, enclose territory 78 000 km² smaller than before the war and an
ethnically virtually homogeneous population.
In 1989 the first partially free elections in Poland 's post-war history concluded the Solidarity movement's ten-year struggle for freedom and resulted in the defeat of Polands communist rulers. In 1998 Poland joined NATO and began negotiating its full membership in the European Union.
A sovereign Polish State, as understood in International Law, was deprived of independence, however, through remaining within the Soviet Unions sphere of influence (among others, the Warsaw Pact and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance). Since 1989, as a result of changing the political system, Poland became an independent democratic state, with a bicameral National Assembly (Sejm and Senate) elected for a 4-year term as well as with a President chosen in general elections for a 5-year term. In April 1997, the National Assembly passed a new Constitution which, after being affirmed through a national referendum, will replace the existing regulations.
On 1 I 1999 a new fundamental three-tier administrative division of the country was introduced, including the following territorial levels: gminas, powiats and voivodships. A total 308 powiats and 65 cities with powiat status as well as 16 voivodships were created. This change did not affect gminas (the basic unit of the countrys territorial structure).
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes (NTS) was introduced by a Regulation of the Council of Ministers, dated 13 July 2000. NTS is a five-level hierarchic classification used in the process of collecting information, conducting statistical surveys and presenting their results in spatial terms. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes (NTS) divides Poland into territorial units on 5 levels: level 1 regions (6); level 2 voivodships (16); level 3 subregions (45); level 4 powiats and cities with powiat status (314 + 65); level 5 gminas (2478).
Poland is a lowland country, the average above sea level elevation amounts to 173 m, and areas below 300 m above sea level account for 91% of the countrys area. The country is situated between the Baltic Sea and a bow in the Carpathian Mountains within intermediate geographic latitudes, in a zone of moderate climate with a transitional character between an oceanic and continental climate. A host of historic and cultural sites of European importance and offer numerous tourist attractions are Polands 26 national parks and 8 World Heritage sites.
Soils in Poland are characterised by a high degree of diversity; light, low fertility soils, however, predominate. The large diversity of the natural resources, particularly abundant are deposits of hard coal (exploited in the mines of Upper Silesia) and brown coal, extracted through the open-pit method, deposits of copper, sulphur and zinc-lead ores, is closely connected with the geological differentiation. Various rock raw materials as well as rock salt have large economic significance. Poland also has vast deposits of geothermal water. There are numerous sources of therapeutic waters, among others, chloride, hydrogencarbonate and sul phur waters.
The raw material resources and industrial development resulted in the fact that, after the Second World War, Poland became an industrial-agricultural country. The dynamic development of the private sector is based on the continuous inflow of Foreign Direct Investment
and the high level of entrepreneurial activity of the Polish population. Dominant industries include metalwork, steel, chemical and textile production. Increasingly trade, high technology and service sector play an important role in for employment and restructuring of the national economy.
Polish culture is an integral part of European culture. The greatest Poles were:
Copernicus
the astronomer, Fryderyk Chopin the great composer and pianist, Maria Curie-Skłodowska the outstanding scientist. Two Polish poets Czesław Miłosz and Wislawa Szymborska have been awarded to the Nobel Prize for literature. A long musical tradition is continued by such world-renowned composers as Krzysztof Penderecki and Henryk Górecki. Films of Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Kieślowski and Roman Polański contributed highly to the world and European cinema. Polish art and theatre are well known thanks to works of Jerzy Grotowski, Tadeusz Kantor and Magdalena Abakanowicz.
Poland has 884 cities in which 62% of the countrys population lives. Small cities (below 10 thousand inhabitants) decidedly predominate, while almost half of the urban population live in 42 cities with populations of more than 100 thousand inhabitants. The largest is Warsaw, the capital and the countrys economic and political centre, with about 1.6 million inhabitants. Other Polish cities such as Gdańsk, Kraków, Poznań, and Wrocław are also world-known for their cultural heritage and tourist attractions.
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