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City of Warsaw

Warsaw
Warszawa
City metropolis
The Capital City of Warsaw
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Wilanów Palace.jpg
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Flag of Warsaw
Flag
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Coat of arms
Motto: Semper invicta  (Latin "Ever invincible")
Warsaw is located in Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw
Coordinates: 52°14′N 21°1′E / 52.233°N 21.017°E / 52.233; 21.017
Country  Poland
Voivodeship POL województwo mazowieckie flag.svg Masovian
County city county
Founded 13th century
City rights 1323
Districts
Government
 • President 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 Increase
 • Rank 1st (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
Official name Historic Centre of Warsaw
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, vi
Designated 1980 (4th session)
Reference no. [2]
UNESCO region Europe
Historic Centre of Warsaw
Warszawa
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UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location Masovian Voivodeship, Warsaw Voivodeship, Congress Poland, People's Republic of Poland, Residual Poland General Governorate, Poland Edit this at Wikidata
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 II, VI
Reference 30
Inscription 1980 (4th Session)
Endangered
Website www.um.warszawa.pl
Warsaw is located in Poland
Warsaw
Location of Warsaw
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Largest groups of foreign residents
Nationality Population (2016)
 Armenia 15,000
 Ukraine 9,066
 Vietnam 2,943
 Belarus 1,821
 Russia 1,310
 China 917
 France 892
 Germany 636
 United Kingdom 589
 Italy 561
 Spain 421
 India 415
 Turkey 380
 United States 356
 Sweden 332

Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa [varˈʂava]; 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 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.


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