Country's full name: The Republic of Poland
Population: 38,626,349 (July 2004 est.)
Currency: 1 zloty = 100 groszy
Time: GMT/UTC plus one hour
Capital City: Warsaw
Location: Central Europe, east of Germany
Geographic coordinates: 52 00 N, 20 00 E
Area: 312,685 sq km
Land: 304,465 sq km
Water: 8,220 sq km
Land boundaries: 2,788 km
Coastline: 491 km
border countries:
Belarus 407 km
Czech Republic 658 km
Germany 456 km
Lithuania 91 km
Russia (Kaliningrad District) 206 km
Slovakia 444 km
Ukraine 526 km
Climate: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
Terrain: mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
highest point: Rysy 2,499 m
Natural resources: coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land
