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Krakow

Eastern Europe

Krakow, officially the Royal Capital City of Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland, situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
816,614 1
Area (sq km)
326.8 1
Founding Year
1257 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Latitude
50.06139 degrees north 1
Longitude
19.93722 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Connections

Associated With

Lesser Poland Voivodeship, States or Territories

krakow is associated with lesser-poland-voivodeship.

Source Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Wikipedia)
Poland, Countries
Source Krakow (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Lesser Poland Voivodeship, States or Territories

krakow is the capital of lesser-poland-voivodeship.

Source Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

Jan Matejko

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Stanisław Samostrzelnik

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Source Wikidata: Stanisław Samostrzelnik
Szymon Czechowicz

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Source Wikidata: Szymon Czechowicz

Site Of

Prussian Homage (painting)

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Growth Research Unit

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Jagiellonian University

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Source Jagiellonian University (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
The Jagiellonian University (/ˌjɑːɡjəˈləʊ.ni.ən/; Polish: Uniwersytet Jagielloński, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland.
Sources
1. Krakow (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Kraków, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    816,614
  • Lead section
    Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 816,614 (2025), with 1,428,363 people living in the Kraków metropolitan area.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    326.8
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    50.06139
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    19.93722
  • Infobox, Founded
    1257
  • Associated With: Poland, Infobox, Country
    Poland
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Kraków - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 219 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.25, 19.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.25, 19.75
50.25 19.75 Cfb
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4. GeoNames: Kraków - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3094802
Quote, cities500 record 3094802
50.06143 19.93658 P PPLA PL 77 1261 126101 816614 219 Europe/Warsaw
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Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
Its capital and largest city is Krakow.
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Wikidata: Krakow
Wikidata Q31487, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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