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1 | Lesser Poland Voivodeship FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 303 Lat/Lng : 49.8594 / 20.2747 | Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in), also known as Małopolska Voivodeship or Małopolska Province,Arkadiusz Belczyk, , 2002-2006. is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,267,731 (2006) (...) | |
2 | Greater Poland Voivodeship FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 98 Lat/Lng : 52.3339 / 17.2472 | Greater Poland Voivodeship (in Polish: Województwo Wielkopolskie), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province,Arkadiusz Belczyk, , 2002-2006. or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland (...) | |
3 | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 278 Lat/Lng : 50.7656 / 20.7736 | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Świętokrzyskie Province, , Arkadiusz Belczyk, 2002-2006. or Holy Cross Province is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It is situated in southeastern Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the (...) | |
4 | Poland FeatureType : country Elevation : 110 Lat/Lng : 52.2323 / 21.0084 | Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38 (...) | |
5 | Nysa, Poland FeatureType : city Elevation : 191 Lat/Lng : 50.4667 / 17.3333 | Nysa (or Neiße) is a town in southwestern Poland on the Eastern Neisse (Nysa Kłodzka) river, situated in the Opole Voivodeship. With 44,419 inhabitants (2016), it is the capital of Nysa County. It comprises the urban portion of the surrounding Gmina Nysa (...) | |
6 | High Tatras FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 2554 Lat/Lng : 49.1672 / 20.1311 | The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains (Slovak: Vysoké Tatry), are a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia in the Prešov Region, and southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. They are a range of the Tatra Mountains chain. (...) | |
7 | Lower Silesian Voivodeship FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 154 Lat/Lng : 51.0872 / 16.4078 | Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia ProvinceArkadiusz Belczyk, , 2002-2006. (Polish: województwo dolnośląskie), in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. Lower Silesia was part of Medieval Poland during the Piast dynasty (...) | |
8 | Puck, Poland FeatureType : city Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 54.7 / 18.4167 | Puck is a town in northwestern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. It is in Gdańsk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (Bay of Puck) and part of Kashubia with many Kashubian speakers in the town. Previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–1998), Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the (...) | |
9 | Sulmierzyce FeatureType : null Elevation : 126 Lat/Lng : 51.6058 / 17.5308 | Sulmierzyce is a town in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, located southeast of Poznań, at . It is the birthplace of famous Polish poet Sebastian Klonowic. | |
10 | Gniezno FeatureType : city Elevation : 121 Lat/Lng : 52.5333 / 17.6 | Gniezno is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań, with about 70,000 inhabitants. One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, it was mentioned in 10th-century sources, possibly including the Dagome Iudex, as the capital of Piast Poland (...) | |
11 | West Pomeranian Voivodeship FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 87 Lat/Lng : 53.6064 / 15.5381 | West Pomeranian Voivodeship or West Pomerania ProvinceArkadiusz Belczyk, , 2002-2006. (in Polish, województwo zachodniopomorskie), is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to (...) | |
12 | Międzyrzecz FeatureType : city Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : 52.4333 / 15.5833 | Międzyrzecz is a town in western Poland, on the Obra and Paklica river, with 18,310 inhabitants (June 30, 2017). The capital of Gmina Międzyrzecz and Międzyrzecz County. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, it has been situated in Lubusz Voivodeship (...) | |
13 | Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 148 Lat/Lng : 53.8569 / 20.8361 | Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria ProvinceArkadiusz Belczyk, , 2002-2006. or Warmia-Mazury Province (in), is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an area of and a population of 1,427,091 (as of 2006) (...) | |
14 | Kalisz FeatureType : null Elevation : 101 Lat/Lng : 51.7667 / 18.0833 | Kalisz (; Old Greek: Καλισία, Latin: Calisia, Yiddish: קאַליש) is a city in central Poland with 101,625 inhabitants (December 2017), the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the city forms a conurbation with the (...) | |
15 | Lubusz Voivodeship FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 122 Lat/Lng : 52.1953 / 15.3475 | Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubusz ProvinceArkadiusz Belczyk, , 2002-2006. , is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998 (...) | |
16 | Oświęcim FeatureType : null Elevation : 245 Lat/Lng : 50.0383 / 19.2214 | Oświęcim is a town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated west of Cracow, near the confluence of the Vistula (Wisła) and Soła rivers. The town is commonly known for being the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp (the camp is also known as KL or KZ Auschwitz Birkenau) during (...) | |
17 | Lublin Voivodeship FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 172 Lat/Lng : 51.2228 / 22.9028 | Lublin Voivodeship, or Lublin ProvinceArkadiusz Belczyk, , 2002-2006. (in Polish, województwo lubelskie), is a voivodeship, or province, located in southeastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and (partially) Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce (...) | |
18 | Podkarpackie Voivodeship FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 304 Lat/Lng : 49.9567 / 22.1728 | Podkarpackie Voivodeship or Podkarpackie ProvinceArkadiusz Belczyk, , 2002-2006. (in), also known as Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów (...) | |
19 | Świętochłowice FeatureType : city Elevation : 288 Lat/Lng : 50.2833 / 18.9167 | Świętochłowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River (tributary of the Vistula) (...) | |
20 | Krzeszowice FeatureType : city Elevation : 259 Lat/Lng : 50.1333 / 19.6333 | Krzeszowice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. As of 2004, its population was 9,993. Krzeszowice belongs to Kraków Metropolitan Area, and lies 25 kilometers west of the center of the city of Kraków (...) | |