4.11.24 Mass Incarceration and the New Jim Crow.pptx
Poland Facts: Geography, Cities, Culture, History & More
1. Poland
Poland is a country in Central
Europe covering an area of 312,696
square kilometres.
Population is nearly 38.5 million
people
Poland's capital is Warsaw.
Official language is Polish.
3. • The weather in Poland in cold as it is in the North of Europe
4. Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital city and was founded
in the 13th century.
Population is over 1 700 000 people
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Warsaw
Historic Centre of Warsaw rebuilt after the
World War 2
6. Sopot is a seaside resort city on the coast of
the Baltic Sea.
7. Zakopane is a town in the south of Poland at the Tatra Mountains
8. D z i e r ż o n i ó w
• Established in the 13th century, Dzierżoniów is a historical town. It is
named after Polish priest and scientist Jan Dzierżon.
9. Wroclaw
One of the oldest and the most beautiful cities in Poland on
the banks of the River Oder.
It was built in the 10th century.
10. Krakov Historic
Centre – UNESCO
site
Krakov is the second largest and
one of the oldest cities in Poland
situated on the Vistula River.
11. A 13th-century castle and fortress near the town
of Malbork, Poland. It is the largest castle in the world and
a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
12. Auschwitz Birkenau, German Nazi
Concentration and Extermination Camp
Built and operated by Nazi Germany during the World War II where a lot of prisoners
were killed
13. The best preserved forest ecosystem on the border
between Poland and Belarus. It is home to the largest
population of the property’s iconic species, the
European bison.
14. The Owl Mountains are
a mountain range of the Central
Sudetes in southwestern Poland.
It includes a protected area
called Owl Mountains Landscape
Park.
There are other rocky mountains
too.
15. The Vistula is the longest and largest river
in Poland, is the 9th-longest river in Europe,
at 1,047 km in length
The Oder is a river in Central
Europe and Poland's third-longest river after
the Vistula and Warta. It is 840 km long.
19. Georgians in Poland
Valerian Tevzadze used the
pseudonym Tomasz- during
World War 2
The interior of the Orthodox chapel of St.
Grigol Peradze, part of the Warsaw Icon
Museum.
Saint Grigol Peradze (St. Priest Martyr Grigol), was
killed in the World War 2 by Nazi Germans