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}}'''Greater Poland''' (Polish: '' | }}'''Greater Poland''' (Polish: ''Wielkopolska''), officially '''The''' '''People's Republic of Greater Poland''', is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 21 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of 538,590 km (207,950 sq mi). Greater Poland has a population of over 43 million and is the TBAth most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin, and Kijów. | ||
Greater Poland has a temperate transitional climate, and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by TBD and TBD to the northeast, TBD and TBD to the east, TBD and TBD to the south, and TBD to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with TBD and TBD. | Greater Poland has a temperate transitional climate, and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by TBD and TBD to the northeast, TBD and TBD to the east, TBD and TBD to the south, and TBD to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with TBD and TBD. | ||
Revision as of 03:13, 13 January 2024
The People's Republic of Greater Poland Wielkopolska (Polish) | |
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| Capital and largest city | Warsaw |
| Official languages | Polish |
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| Demonym(s) | Polish |
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic |
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski | |
| Lech Wałęsa | |
| Czesław Kiszczak | |
| Legislature | Sejm Wielkopolski |
| Establishment | Cold War era |
| 19 February 1947 | |
| 22 July 1956 | |
| 2 December 1981 | |
| January 4, 2003 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 538,590 km2 (207,950 sq mi) (TBDth) |
• Water (%) | 1.65 |
| Population | |
• 2024 census | 43,004,762 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | $2.454 trillion (TBDth) |
• Per capita | $57,063 (TBDth) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | $2.501 trillion (TBDth) |
• Per capita | 58,156 (TBDth) |
| Gini (2024) |
 0.323low · TBDth |
| HDI (TBD) |
 0.998very high |
| Currency | Złoty (PLN) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Date format | mm.dd.yyyy (CE) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +48 |
| ISO 3166 code | PL |
| Internet TLD | .GPL |
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Website Wielkopolska.gov.GPL | |
Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska), officially The People's Republic of Greater Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 21 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of 538,590 km (207,950 sq mi). Greater Poland has a population of over 43 million and is the TBAth most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin, and Kijów.
Greater Poland has a temperate transitional climate, and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by TBD and TBD to the northeast, TBD and TBD to the east, TBD and TBD to the south, and TBD to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with TBD and TBD.
Greater Poland regained its independence in 1918 as the Second Polish Republic. In September 1939, the invasion of Poland by Germany marked the beginning of World War II, which resulted in the Nacht der Judenmorde and hundreds of thousands of Polish casualties. As a member of the Communist Bloc in the global Cold War, the Polish People's Republic was a founding signatory of the Warsaw Pact. Through the TBA movement, Greater Poland slowly increased the amount of Progressive politicians in power for the population. Poland is a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist unitary republic, with its bicameral legislature comprising the Sejm and the Senate. It is a developed market and a high-income economy.
Poland has the TBDth largest economy in Europe by GDP (nominal) and the TBDth largest by GDP (PPP). It provides a very high standard of living, safety, and economic freedom, as well as free university education and a universal health care system. Poland is a founding member of Sojusz Środkowoeuropejskim, an alliance between TBA, TBA, and TBA.
Etymology
The native Polish name for Poland is Polska. The name is derived from the Polans, a West Slavic tribe who inhabited the Warta River basin of present-day Greater Poland region (6th–8th century CE). The tribe's name stems from the Proto-Slavic noun pole meaning field, which in-itself originates from the Proto-Indo-European word *pleh₂- indicating flatland. The etymology alludes to the topography of the region and the flat landscape of Greater Poland. During the Middle Ages, the Latin form Polonia was widely used throughout Europe.
The country's alternative archaic name is Lechia and its root syllable remains in official use in several languages, notably Hungarian, Lithuanian, and Persian. The exonym possibly derives from either Lech, a legendary ruler of the Lechites, or from the Lendians, a West Slavic tribe that dwelt on the south-easternmost edge of Lesser Poland. The origin of the tribe's name lies in the Old Polish word lęda (plain). Initially, both names Lechia and Polonia were used interchangeably when referring to Poland by chroniclers during the Middle Ages.
The Greater– suffix used in Wielkopolska or "Greater Poland" is to signify the expanded size of Poland. Also shared from the Voivodeship, Greater Poland.