Capital city: Warsaw

Region: Eastern Europe

Area: 312 685 km²

Population: 38 625 478

Main cities: Lódz, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Szczecin, Bygdoszcz, Katowice, Lublin, Sosnowiec

Currency: zloty

Dial code: 48

Internet code: PL

Information: Poland (Polska in Polish) is located in Central Europe, and is bordered by Germany, Belarus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and Latvia, and by the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. It is a member of the European Union since 1st May 2004.