Warsaw

Warsaw Warszawa
Capital city and county
From top, left to right: Warsaw Skyline Łazienki Park Royal Castle and Sigismund's Column Staszic Palace and Copernicus Monument Main Market Square Royal Route Warsaw Old Town Wilanów Palace
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  Paris of the North, Phoenix City
Motto:  Semper invicta  (Latin "Ever invincible")
Warsaw Location within Poland Show map of Poland Warsaw Location within Europe Show map of Europe
Coordinates: 52°14′N 21°1′E / 52.233°N 21.017°E / 52.233; 21.017
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovia
County	City county
Founded	13th century
City rights	1323
Districts	18 boroughs
Government
• Mayor	Rafał Trzaskowski (PO)
Area
• Capital city and county	517.24 km2 (199.71 sq mi)
• Metro	6,100.43 km2 (2,355.39 sq mi)
Elevation	78–116 m (328 ft)
Population  (30 June 2020)
• Capital city and county	1,793,579 (1st) [1]
• Rank	1st in Poland (8th in EU)
• Density	3,460/km2 (9,000/sq mi)
• Metro	3,100,844[2]
• Metro density	509.1/km2 (1,319/sq mi)
Demonym	Varsovian
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	00-001 to 04–999
Area code	+48 22
Website	um.warszawa.pl
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Historic Centre of Warsaw
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, vi
Designated	1980 (4th session)
Reference no.	[1]
UNESCO region	Europe

Warsaw (In Polish: Warszawa) is the capital of Poland in Masovian Voivodeship. It is also the biggest city in that country. There are about 2,000,000 people living there (1,726,581 as of 31 March 2014). People from Warsaw are called "Varsovians".

There are other names for Warsaw. For example, Varsovia (Latin, Spanish) and Varsóvia (Portuguese), Varsovie (French), Varsavia (Italian), Warschau (German, Dutch), װאַרשע /Varshe (Yiddish), Varšuva (Lithuanian), Varsó (Hungarian) and Varšava (Czech)

1. ↑ "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 1 June 2019. Data for territorial unit 1465000.
2. ↑ "Data services - Eurostat".