Poland

The capital of Poland is Warsaw. The absolute location of Warsaw is 52° 15” north and 21° east. Poland’s land area is 117,571 square miles. The population in 1900 was 1,456,897 people; 24,613,700 people in 1950, and 38,130,302 people in 2010. Major landforms in Poland are The Carpathians, The Sydetan, and The Holy Cross Mountains. Major rivers in Poland are the Oder, Vistula, and Warta rivers. The climate in Poland is determined mainly by the country's geographical location and geography. Poland is in the temperate latitudes, where maritime air from the North Atlantic and continental air from the east converge, causing frequent day-to-day and year-to-year variability in the weather patterns. Natural resources in Poland consist of coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, and arable land. Polish is the main language spoken in Poland. Hello in polish is cześć; goodbye is pożegnanie, and dziękuję is thank you in polish. Life expectancy for females in about 79 years; for males it’s about 71 years. Poland has a Democratic government. The current leader of the country is Bronislaw Komorowski. The top three largest cities population wise is Warsaw with about 1,632,500 people; second Łódz with about 812,300 people; third is Kraków with about 740,500. The top three tourist attractions are The Bieszczady Mountains which are located in Sanok, Poland. The second top attraction is Czestachowa, Poland, and Gdansk (Danzig), Poland is the third top tourist attraction. Mikolaj Rej, Elżbieta Drużbacka who are famous poets are from Poland. Also, Aleksander Fredo who is a famous poet, play writer, and author is also from Poland. Some of Poland’s major holidays are January 1st which is New Year’s Day; Easter Sunday and Monday, also, MAY 1st which is Labour Day. Some of Poland’s native foods are bigos, pierogis, zrazy, mizeria, sernik, makowiec, and eklerka. Traditional polish clothes have women wearing red vests, skirts with golden trim, red ribbon tied to sleeves,