^a The aurie o Poland, as gien bi the Central Statistical Office, is 312,679km2 (120,726sqmi), o that 311,888km2 (120,421sqmi) is laund an 791km2 (305sqmi) is internal watter surface aurie.[7]
^b The adoption o Christianity in Poland is seen bi mony Poles, regairdless o thair releegious affiliation or lack thareo, as ane o the maist signeeficant events in thair kintra's history, as it wis uised tae unifee the tribes in the region.[8]
The haill area o Poland is 312,679km², makkin it the 69t lairgest kintra i the warld and 7t in Europe. Poland's population is mair nor 38.5 million, concentratit mainly around the ceities.
The first Pols state wis stertit i 966, in a territory similar tae the present area o Poland. Poland becam a kinrick i 1025, an i 1569 it cementit a lang associe wi the Grand Duchy o Lithuania by unitin ti form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonweal. The Commonweal collapsed i 1795. Poland regained its independence i 1918 eftir theFurst Warld War bit tint it aince mair i theSaicont Warld War, bein occupied biNazi Germany an theSoviet Union, an emergin eftir as a communist kintra in the Eastern Block under the control o the Soviet Union. I 1989, communist rule wis owerthrawn an Poland becam whit is informally kent as the "Third Polish Republic". Poland is the 33rd maist populous kintra in the warld. Poland is a unitary state made up o saxteen voivodeships (Polish:województwo). Poland is a memmer o theEuropean Union,NATO, andOECD anaw.
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