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GEOGRAPHY: The Polish landscape consists almost entirely of the lowlands of the North
European Plain, at an average height of 173 metres (568 ft), though the Sudetes (including
the Karkonosze) and the Carpathian Mountains (including the Tatra mountains, where one
also finds Poland's highest point, Rysy, at 2,499 m or 8,199 ft) form the southern border.
POLITICS: Poland is a democratic republic. Its current constitution dates from 1997. The
government structure centres on the Council of Ministers, led by a prime minister. The
current prime minister of Poland is Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. The president appoints the
cabinet according to the proposals of the prime minister, typically from the majority coalition
in the bicameral legislature's lower house (the Sejm). The president, elected by popular
vote every five years, serves as the head of state.
HISTORY: The Enlightenment in Poland fostered a growing national movement to repair
the state, resulting in what is claimed to be the first modern written constitution in Europe,
the Constitution of May 3 in 1791. The process of reforms ceased with the partitions of
Poland between Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793 and 1795 which ultimately
dissolved the country. Poles resented their shrinking freedoms and several times rebelled
against their oppressors.
CAPITAL CITY: Warsaw
European Plain, at an average height of 173 metres (568 ft), though the Sudetes (including
the Karkonosze) and the Carpathian Mountains (including the Tatra mountains, where one
also finds Poland's highest point, Rysy, at 2,499 m or 8,199 ft) form the southern border.
POLITICS: Poland is a democratic republic. Its current constitution dates from 1997. The
government structure centres on the Council of Ministers, led by a prime minister. The
current prime minister of Poland is Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. The president appoints the
cabinet according to the proposals of the prime minister, typically from the majority coalition
in the bicameral legislature's lower house (the Sejm). The president, elected by popular
vote every five years, serves as the head of state.
HISTORY: The Enlightenment in Poland fostered a growing national movement to repair
the state, resulting in what is claimed to be the first modern written constitution in Europe,
the Constitution of May 3 in 1791. The process of reforms ceased with the partitions of
Poland between Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793 and 1795 which ultimately
dissolved the country. Poles resented their shrinking freedoms and several times rebelled
against their oppressors.
CAPITAL CITY: Warsaw
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Polish National Tourist Office
http://www.poland-tourism.pl/start.asp?tf=US
http://www.poland-tourism.pl/start.asp?tf=US
Parks in Poland
http://www.parks.it/world/PL/Eindex.html#Anc
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http://www.parks.it/world/PL/Eindex.html#Anc
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