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The capital of Country
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Warsaw
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The most famous historical ancient capital of the Kingdom of Poland.
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Kraków
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The refusal to surrender this city was the pretext and spark for World War II.
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Gdańsk
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The university city's namesake university has produced 9 Nobel Prize winners.
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Wrocław
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One of the historical ancient capitals of the Greater Poland region and its current capital.
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Poznań
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The most important historical port in the Pomerania region.
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Szczecin
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This city, thriving due to the textile industry, experienced a collapse in the 1990s.
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Łódź
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The center of the largest metropolitan area in the European Union by population.
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Katowice
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From the end of the 16th century to the end of the 18th century, this city was the location of the royal court and a center of culture and higher education.
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Lublin
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Known for its most infamous Jewish concentration camp.
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Oświęcim
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A trade center with Belarus, referred to by Lukashenko as "belonging to Belarus."
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Białystok
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This World Heritage ancient city is the birthplace of Copernicus.
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Toruń
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Sharing the capital of the same province with the above city, it is the larger of the two, and NATO headquarters in Poland are located here.
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Bydgoszcz
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The most famous resort town at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, known as "the winter capital of Poland."
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Zakopane
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The more important "other end" of the Tri-City.
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Gdynia
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The largest city in southeastern Poland, whose population has increased by 50% due to Ukrainian refugees.
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Rzeszów
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The largest city in the Warmia region, where Copernicus personally commanded the defense during conflicts with the Teutonic Knights.
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Olsztyn
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The city is a shrine to the Virgin Mary and known for Black Madonna painting,
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Częstochowa
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The historical capital of Upper Silesia, replaced only after World War II.
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Opole
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The capital of Świętokrzyskie Province, where a massacre of Jews still occurred in 1946.
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Kielce
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The second oldest city in southeastern Poland, where the bloodiest siege battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary occurred during World War I.
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Przemyśl
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Its name in Polish means “green mountain”.
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Zielona Góra
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This city was formed by the merger of two cities, both of whose names deriving from 'white'(biała) in Polish.
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Bielsko-Biała
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This city was the center of the Mazovia region before Warsaw and considered one of Poland's former capitals.
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Płock
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The first historical capital of Poland
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Gniezno
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