Full name of country: Republic of Poland

Capital: Warsaw

Ofcial language: Polish

Monetary unit: 1 złoty = 100 groszy

Population: 38.6 million

Surface area: 312 685 km2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location: Poland is located in Central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. Neighboring countries (length of common border in parentheses): Kaliningradskaya Oblast of the Russian Federation (210 km), Lithuania (103 km), Belarus (416 km), the Ukraine (529 km), Slovakia (539 km), the Czech Republic  (790 km), Germany (467 km).

Terrain shape: Lowland country; areas less than 300 m above sea level - 91.3 % of the total surface area.

Climate: Climate is temperate/transitional. Weather is variable, with uctuations in the character of individual seasons.

Time zone: Central European Time (solar time at 15° E longitude). In the summer, Eastern European Time is used (solar time at 30° E longitude).

State and national holidays: • 1 May - State Holiday • 3 May - Third of May National Holiday • 11 November - National Independence Day

Bank holidays: • 1 January - New Year's Day • First day of Easter • Second day of Easter • 1 May - State Holiday • 3 May - Third of May National Holiday • Corpus Christi • 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary • 1 November - All Saints' Day • 11 November - National Independence Day • 25 December - First day of Christmas • 26 December - Second day of Christmas