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Skawina

Eastern Europe

Skawina is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, situated on the Skawinka river in close proximity to the city of Krakow, with 27,328 inhabitants as of 2008 across an area of 20.50 square kilometers; its name probably derives from the Skawinka river, and one of its most notable historic buildings is a Renaissance palace built in the mid-16th century by Pawel Korytko.

Facts
Population
24,177 1
Area (sq km)
20.5 1
Founding Year
1364 2
Founding Year
1364 2
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Latitude
49.975278 degrees north 1
Longitude
19.8275 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Skawina (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 24,177 (2021)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 49.975278, longitude 19.8275
  • P2046 (area)
    area 20.5 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 24177 (2021)
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2. Wikipedia (Polish): Skawina
Wikipedia (Polish)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1364
    1364, decyzją króla Kazimierza Wielkiego na terenie miejscowości: Pisary, Babice Nowe i Babice Stare zostało założone miasto Skawina (akt erekcyjny z dnia 22 maja).
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1364
    1364, decyzją króla Kazimierza Wielkiego na terenie miejscowości: Pisary, Babice Nowe i Babice Stare zostało założone miasto Skawina (akt erekcyjny z dnia 22 maja).
  • Source text, founding-year: 1364
    1364, decyzją króla Kazimierza Wielkiego na terenie miejscowości: Pisary, Babice Nowe i Babice Stare zostało założone miasto Skawina (akt erekcyjny z dnia 22 maja).
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3. GeoNames: Skawina - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3085807
    49.97524 19.82869 P PPLA3 PL 77 1206 120611 23647 218 Europe/Warsaw
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 218 m
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4. 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 49.75, 19.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.75, 19.75
49.75 19.75 Dfb
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Skawina (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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