Capital of Poland

Warsaw Warszawa
City metropolis
The Capital City of Warsaw
Left to right: Warsaw Skyline Presidential Palace Palace on the Water Grand Theatre Wilanów Palace Krasiński Palace Warsaw Old Town Royal Route Royal Castle and Castle Square
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Semper invicta  (Latin "Ever invincible")
Warsaw Show map of Poland Warsaw Show map of Europe Location of Warsaw in Poland
Coordinates: 52°14′N 21°1′E / 52.233°N 21.017°E / 52.233; 21.017
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	city county
Founded	13th century
City rights	1323
Districts	18 boroughs Bemowo Białołęka Bielany Mokotów Ochota Praga Północ Praga Południe Rembertów Śródmieście Targówek Ursus Ursynów Wawer Wesoła Wilanów Włochy Wola Żoliborz
Government
• Mayor	Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (PO)
Area
• City metropolis	517.24 km2 (199.71 sq mi)
• Metro	6,100.43 km2 (2,355.39 sq mi)
Elevation	78–116 m (328 ft)
Population (2016/12/31)
• City metropolis	1,753,977
• Rank	1st in Poland (9th in EU)
• Density	3,372/km2 (8,730/sq mi)
• Metro	3,100,844
• Metro density	509.1/km2 (1,319/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Varsovian
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	00-001 to 04–999
Area code(s)	+48 22
Website	um.warszawa.pl
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Historic Centre of Warsaw
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, vi
Designated	1980 (4th session)
Reference no.	[2]
UNESCO region	Europe

Warsaw
Warszawa

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Historic Centre of Warsaw
Location	Masovian Voivodeship, Warsaw Voivodeship, Congress Poland, People's Republic of Poland, Residual Poland General Governorate, Poland
Coordinates	52°13′N 21°02′E / 52.22°N 21.03°E / 52.22; 21.03
Area	517.24 km2 (5.5675×109 sq ft)
Criteria	Cultural: II, VI
Reference	30
Inscription	1980 (4th Session)
Website	www.um.warszawa.pl
Location of Warsaw
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Largest groups of foreign residents
Nationality	Population (2016)
Ukraine	9,066
Vietnam	3,240
Belarus	1,821
Russia	1,421
China	917
France	910
India	704
Germany	636
Italy	591
United Kingdom	589
Spain	421
Turkey	398
United States	356
Sweden	332

Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa [varˈʂava] ( listen); see also other names) 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 officially estimated at 1.750 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.101 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).

Once described as Paris of the East, Warsaw was believed to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world until World War II. The German invasion in 1939, the massacre of the Jewish population and deportations to concentration camps led to the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto in 1943 and to the major and devastating Warsaw Uprising between August and October 1944. Warsaw gained the new title of a Phoenix City because of its extensive history and complete reconstruction after the severe damage it suffered in World War II, which left over 85% of its buildings in ruins. On 9 November 1939, the city was awarded Poland's highest military decoration for heroism, the Virtuti Militari, during the Siege of Warsaw.