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Zamość

Eastern Europe

Zamość is a historical city in southeastern Poland, in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about 90 kilometers from Lublin and 247 kilometers from Warsaw, with a population of 62,021 in 2021. It was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski, Grand Chancellor of Poland, who envisioned it as an ideal city, and its historical centre was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992 as a unique example of a Renaissance town in Central Europe. The city lies about 20 kilometers from Roztocze National Park.

Facts
Population
62,021 1
Area (sq km)
30.34 2
Founding Year
1580 2
Elevation (m)
212 2
Latitude
50.720556 degrees north 2
Longitude
23.258611 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
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Origin Of

Rosa Luxemburg

Also in Philosophy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Rosa LuxemburgSection 1, Life
Quote, Section 1, Life
Luxemburg was born on March 5 1871 in Zamość
Sources
1. Zamość (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Zamość (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1580-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.720556, longitude 23.258611
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 212 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 30.34 sq km
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3. GeoNames: Zamość - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 213 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 50.75, 23.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 23.25
50.75 23.25 Dfb
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5. GeoNames: Zamość - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 753866
Quote, cities500 record 753866
50.72314 23.25196 P PPLA2 PL 75 0664 066401 66034 213 Europe/Warsaw
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Wikidata: Zamość
Wikidata Q145972, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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