Poland

Poland

Poland ranks 12th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Brazil, Sweden, and India. Memorable people born in present day Poland include Marie Curie, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Pope John Paul II. Memorable people who died in Poland include Nicolaus Copernicus, Harald Bluetooth, and L. L. Zamenhof. Poland has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the fifth largest EU country by land area, covering 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Read more on Wikipedia