Area of Poland

The following numbers characterize the area of Poland [ [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_737_PLK_HTML.htm Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2007] ]
* Area of Polish territory - 322 575 km² (land area, internal waters area and territorial sea area)
* Administrative area of Poland - 312 679 km². This is calculated according to the official definition of the coastline. Some of Polish administrative units include area of internal waters (8 communes in voivodeship zachodniopomorskie, 2 communes in Pomerania Voivodeship and 3 communes in Warmia-Mazuria Voivodeship). In Poland there are 2005 km² of internal waters, but only 791 km² of its are include to administrative units according to the coast line definition. That why administrative area of Poland isn’t the same as area of Poland. It should be noted that by the common convention 312 679 km² is called the (total) area of Poland in encyclopedias and other sources. [ [http://www.britannica.com/nations/Poland Encyclopaedia Britannica] ,
[http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4169123 Encyklopedia PWN (in Polish)] ]
* Area of Poland (land area of Poland) - 311 888 km². Land area include land waters (lakes, rivers, canals) and this figure is normally used when comparing the area of Poland with the area of other countries.

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