3. Warsaw is the capital and largest
city of Poland. It stands on
the Vistula River in east-central
Poland, roughly 260 kilometres
(160 mi) from the Baltic Sea and 300
kilometres (190 mi) from
the Carpathian Mountains. Its
population is estimated at 1.740
million residents within a greater
metropolitan area of 2.666 million
residents, which makes Warsaw
the 9th most-populous capital city in
the European Union.The city
limits cover 516.9 square kilometres
(199.6 sq mi), while the metropolitan
area covers 6,100.43 square
kilometres (2,355.39 sq mi).
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4. Krakow ,is the second largest and one
of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated
on the Vistula River (Polish:Wisła) in
the Lesser Poland region, the city dates
back to the 7th century.Kraków has
traditionally been one of the leading
centres of Polish academic, cultural, and
artistic life and is one of Poland's most
important economic hubs. It was the
capital of the Crown of the Kingdom of
Polandfrom 1038 to 1569; the Polish–
Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569
to 1596;[3] the Free City of Kraków from
1815 to 1846; the Grand Duchy of
Cracow from 1846 to 1918; and Kraków
Voivodeship from the 14th century to
1998. It has been the capital of Lesser
Poland Voivodeship since 1999.
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5. The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra (Tatry either
in Polish(pronounced [ˈtatrɨ]) and in Slovak (pronounced [ˈtatri]) - plurale
tantum), are amountain range that form a natural border
between Slovakia and Poland. They are the highest mountain range in
the Carpathian Mountains. The Tatras should be distinguished from the Low
Tatras (Slovak: Nízke Tatry) which are located south of the Tatra Mountains in
Slovakia.
6. The Sudetes are a mountain range in Central Europe, also known in English (from
their names in German and Czech/Polish) as theSudeten or Sudety mountains.
The range stretches from eastern Germany along the northern border of the Czech
Republic to south-western Poland. The highest peak of the range
is Sněžka (Polish: Śnieżka) in the Krkonoše (Polish: Karkonosze) mountains on the
Czech Republic–Poland border, which is 1,603 metres (5,259 ft) in elevation. The
current geomorphological unit in the Czech part of the mountain range
is Krkonošsko-jesenická subprovincie ("Krkonoše-Jeseníky").
7. Bieszczady is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east
of Poland through Ukraine and Slovakia. It forms the western part of
the Eastern Beskids (Beskidy Wschodnie), and is more generally part of
the Outer Eastern Carpathians. The mountain range is situated between
the Łupków Pass (640 m) and the Vyshkovskyi Pass (933 m). Frequently
Bieszczady refers only to the Western Bieszczady or even only to the
part of the range lying within Poland.
8. Masuria (Polish: Mazury (help·info), German: Masuren) is a region in
northern Poland famous for its 2,000 lakes. It has been the part of East
Prussia inhabited by Polish-speaking, Lutheran Masurians. Masuria
occupies much of the Masurian Lake District (Polish: Pojezierze
Mazurskie). Administratively, it belongs to Warmian-Masurian
Voivodeship (Polish:województwo warmińsko-mazurskie). Its biggest city
is Ełk, often regarded as its capital. It has territory of about
10,000 km2 and population of 500,000.
9. Roztocze is a range of hills in east-central Poland and western Ukraine which
rises from the Lublin Upland and extends southeastward through Solska
Wilderness and across the border into Ukrainian Podolia. Low and rolling, the
range is approximately 180 km long and 14 km wide. Its highest peak within
Poland is Wielki Dział at 390 meters, while in Ukraine it is Vysokyi Zamok
(Lviv High Castle) at 409 m. In Poland Roztocze lies in
the Lublin andPodkarpackie voivodships, while the portion in Ukraine extends
all the way to the outskirts of Lviv and in 2011 it has become
a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The Polish portion of the range makes up
the Roztocze National Park.
10. Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, the capital of
the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland's principal seaport and the centre
of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area. The city lies on the
southern edge of Gdańsk Bay (of the Baltic Sea), in aconurbation with
the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities,
which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity(Trójmiasto),
with a population near 1,400,000. Gdańsk itself has a population of
460,427 (December 2012), making it the largest city in
thePomerania region of Northern Poland.
