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Capital:
Warsaw
Area:
312,683 sq km/120,628 sq ml
Language:
Polish
Currency:
Zloty
Population:
38,622,660
Life expectancy:
68 (men), 76 (women)
Literacy rate:
99%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95%
Physical features:
Part of the great plain of Europe; rivers Vistula, Oder and Neisse; Sudeten, Tatra and Carpathian mountains in the south
Ethnic distribution:
98% ethnic Western - Slav Poles, small minorities of German, Ukrainian and Belarussians
Exports:
Coal, softwood timber, chemicals, machinery, ships, vehicles, copper (Europe's largest producer), sulphur, coke, footwear
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