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Suwałki

Eastern Europe

Suwalki is a city in northeastern Poland and the capital of Suwalki County, with a population of about 69,206 in 2021, and it is one of the largest cities and economic and cultural centers of the northeast of the country. The city was established in 1690 and received formal city rights in 1720, growing into a commercial hub along historic trade routes. Suwalki lies near the Suwalki Gap, the narrow land corridor between Belarus and the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia that carries strategic significance for the wider Baltic region, and the city remains a commercial center and tourist gateway to nearby national parks and the border with Lithuania.

Facts
Population
68,752 1
Founding Year
1690 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Suwalki (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
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population 68,752 (2022)
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2. Suwałki (Wikipedia)
Infobox established_date/established_title
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Established: 1690
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 54.25, 22.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.25, 22.75
54.25 22.75 Dfb
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4. GeoNames: Suwałki - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 757718, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
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54.11175 22.93087 P PPLA2 PL 81 2063 206301 69222 177 Europe/Warsaw
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Suwalki (Wikipedia)
Suwalki (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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