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The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq mi), making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. The area of Poland according to the administrative division, as given by the Central Statistical Office, is 312,679 km2 (120,726 sq mi) of which 311,888 km2 (120,421 sq mi) is land area and 791 km2 (305 sq mi) is internal water surface area as its mentioned in Poland on world map.

Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous post-communist member. According to the 2002 census, 36,983,700 people, or 96.74% of the population, consider themselves Polish, while 471,500 (1.23%) declared another nationality, and 774,900 (2.03%) did not declare any nationality as you can see in Poland on world map.

With almost ten thousand closed bodies of water covering more than 1 hectare (2.47 acres as its shown in Poland on world map) each, Poland has one of the highest numbers of lakes in the world. In Europe, only Finland has a greater density of lakes. The largest lakes, covering more than 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi), are Lake Śniardwy and Lake Mamry in Masuria, and Lake Łebsko and Lake Drawsko in Pomerania.

Map of Poland and surrounding countries shows all countries around Poland. This Poland map and bordering countries will allow you to know neighboring countries and the geographical location of Poland in Europe. The Poland map and surrounding countries is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Poland surrounding countries are as follow: it is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north as its shown in the map of Poland and surrounding countries.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Germany has been a proponent of Poland participation in NATO and the European Union. The Polish-German border is 467 km long as you can see in the map of Poland and surrounding countries. The Republic of Poland and the Czech Republic are both members of the European Union and NATO. Both joined the EU simultaneously on 1 May 2004. They also both joined NATO on 12 March 1999. Poland and Slovakia established diplomatic relations in 1993, both countries share 539 km of common borders.

Poland and Ukraine share a border of about 529 km, on July 1, 2009 an agreement on local border traffic between the two country came into effect. Poland was one of the first countries to recognise Belarusian independence, the authoritarian and anti-Western political course taken by the country of neighboring Belarus presents a huge problem for Polish foreign policy. Poland was highly supportive of the Lithuanian independence, and became one of the first countries to recognize independent Lithuania, both countries share a common border of 103 km as its shown in the map of Poland and surrounding countries. The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea is sandwiched between Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north and east.

Map of Poland in Europe shows the location of Poland in the Europe continent. Poland map Europe will allow you to easily know where is Poland in Europe and to know countries near. The Poland in the Europe map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Poland Listeni/ˈpoʊlənd/ (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska; Kashubian: Pòlskô Repùblika; Silesian: Polsko Republika), is a country in Central Europe as its mentioned in Poland map Europe. The geological structure of Poland has been shaped by the continental collision of Europe and Africa over the past 60 million years, on the one hand, and the Quaternary glaciations of northern Europe, on the other.

The first university in Poland, Kraków Jagiellonian University, was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kraków. It is rated as Poland best institute of higher learning and its oldest university. It is the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world as its mentioned in Poland map Europe.

The Constitution of Poland is the supreme law in contemporary Poland, and the Polish legal system is based on the principle of civil rights, governed by the code of Civil Law. Historically, the most famous Polish legal act is the Constitution of May 3, 1791. Historian Norman Davies describes it as the first of its kind in Europe (see Poland map Europe).