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Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa [varˈʂava] ( listen); also known by other names) is the capital of Polan and its largest city. It is located on the Vistula River roughly 370 kilometers (230 mi) from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2006 was estimated at 1,700,536, with a metropolitan area of approximately 3,350,000. The city area is 516.9 square kilometers (199.6 sq mi), with an agglomeration of 6,100.43 square kilometers (2,355.4 sq mi) (Warsaw Metro Area — Obszar Metropolitalny Warszawy). Warsaw is the 8th largest city in the European Union.

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  • The Staszic Palace in this capital is the headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • After WWII, over 80% of the buildings in this capital were uninhabitable
  • Located on the Vistula River, this largest Polish city has repeatedly risen from the ashes of war
  • This European capital is home to Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski was born in this capital city in 1928
  • During World War II, this Polish capital was virtually destroyed
  • The Belvedere Palace adjacent to this city's Lazienki Park is the official residence of the Polish president
  • Every 4 years this Polish capital hosts a Frederic Chopin international piano competition
  • The most populous city in Poland
  • A grand duchy with the name of this city was created by Napoleon in 1807 to help restore the Polish state
  • Warsaw,Rome,Madrid
  • Frederic Chopin was born in a village near this Polish capital
  • Hitler said this Polish capital "must cease to exist; level it"
  • The 1803 book "Thaddeus of" this Polish city is called one of the first historical novels
  • Pole dancing is big / A '44 uprising / Let's make a pact here
  • This city’s best-known thoroughfare is Trakt Krolewski, or Royal Way
  • Marie Curie
  • Thrill to the history of Zamek Krolewski, this city's royal castle
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  • Lech Kaczynski
  • Every 5 years, this capital city hosts a Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition
  • To oppose NATO, in 1955 Communist nations formed the pact named for this city
  • The 1807 Treaty of Tilsit created the duchy of this, now a Polish city
  • Lech Kaczynski used the mayoralty of this city as a political springboard
  • The Aleje Ujazdowskie has been called the "Champs-Elysees" of this Polish capital
  • Warsaw,Tokyo,Lisbon
  • The Indiana city that shares its name with this world capital is the seat of Kosciusko County
  • Wellington,Warsaw,Washington, D.C.
  • (Alex walks in front of the Wall of Remembrance in Yad Vashem, Israel.) Both the valiant uprising against the Nazis & the final deportation are depicted here in the Wall of Remembrance to this city's ghetto, which at one time held more than 100,000 people in just 1.3 square miles
  • The column of King Sigismund in this Polish city honors the king who moved the capital there from Krakow in 1596
  • Population 1.7 million & host of the world-famous Chopin piano competition

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