Emergency numbers Poland Services Novelties About the company Site map General geographic and statistical data Sightseeing Poland Dolnośląskie Zachodniopomorskie Podlaskie Lubelskie Pomorskie Warmińsko-mazurskie Łódzkie Opolskie Podkarpackie Kujawsko-pomorskie Mazowieckie Małopolskie Lubuskie Świętokrzyskie Śląskie Wielkopolskie Before visiting Poland > Poland > General geographic and statistical data   POLAND (Republic of Poland) A country situated in Central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. Capital: Warsaw Area: 312 685 km2 (9th largest in Europe) Population: 38.7 million (1999 data, 8th largest in Europe) Official language: Polish Currency: złoty; 1 złoty = 100 groszy National holidays: May 3 - Third May Day (The first Polish Constitution was proclaimed in 1791); November 11 - National Independence Day (Poland regained independence in 1918). Territorial division: 16 Provinces, 308 rural districts and 65 municipal districts, 2489 local communes Border: with Russian Federation (Kaliningrad District), Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany. Length: 3,582 km, with a coastline of 528 km and river borders of 1,285 km (mainly along the Bug and the Odra). Copyright by Polkomtel S.A.