Warsaw
Overview
Warsaw is the capital
Capital City
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 and largest city of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe 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...

. It is located on the Vistula River
Vistula
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, roughly 260 kilometres (161.6 mi) from the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
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 and 300 kilometres (186.4 mi) from the Carpathian Mountains
Carpathian Mountains
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. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most populous city proper
Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits
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 in the European Union
European Union
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. The area of the city
Urban area
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 covers 516.9 square kilometres (199.6 sq mi), while the city's agglomeration covers 6100.43 square kilometres (2,355.4 sq mi).

Warsaw is an alpha global city
Global city
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, a major international tourist destination and an important economic hub in Central
Central Europe
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 and Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
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Timeline

1655    Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.

1861    Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters.

1918    Józef Piłsudski comes to Warsaw and assumes supreme military power in Poland. Poland regains its independence, celebrated each year on this day.

1922    President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.

1939    Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.

1940    Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.

1942    World War II: the Warsaw paper ''Liberty Brigade'' publishes the first news of the concentration camps.

1942    Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz set up the Żegota organization.

1944    Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.

1944    Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.

 
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