Poland is situated in Central Europe by the Baltic Sea.
  The distance from the north to the south is 649 km and from the east to the west is 689 km.
  Total area: 322 577 km2 (63rd place in the world and 9th in Europe in consideration of area): land - 312 685 km2, sea - about 8700 km2.
  The length of borders: 3582 km.
  Neighbouring countries (the length of border): Kaliningrad District of Russia (210km), Lithuania (103km), Belarus (416km), Ukraine (529km), Slovakia (539km), the Czech Republic (790km), Germany (467km), sea border (528km).
  Population: 38,644 mln (stated 31.12.2000).
  Administrative division: 16 provinces, 315 administrative districts and 65 towns having administrative districts' laws; 2489 communes.
  Capital: Warsaw (1,62 mln - stated 2001).
  Bigger cities: Łodz, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Lublin, Bialystok.
  Monetary unit: 1 zloty = 100 groszy.
  Time zone: Central-European time (CET).