2. ABOUT POLAND
Capital: Warsaw
Language: Polish
Border Countries: Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia
Population: 38 million
Area: 322,575 sq km (124,547 sq miles, about size of
New Mexico)
Time Zone: CET (UTC+1)
Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Climate: Temperate with mild summers and
moderately severe winters
Currency: Zloty (PLN, zł), 1 zloty = 4. 28 Euro
Government type: Republic, parliamentary
democracy
Members of: EU, UN, NATO, OECD, WTO