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Warsaw is the capital

Capital City

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and largest city of Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. It is located on the Vistula River

Vistula

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, roughly 260 kilometres (161.6 mi) from the Baltic Sea

Baltic Sea

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and 300 kilometres (186.4 mi) from the Carpathian Mountains

Carpathian Mountains

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. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most populous city proper

Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits

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in the European Union

European Union

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. The area of the city

Urban area

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covers 516.9 square kilometres (199.6 sq mi), while the city's agglomeration covers 6100.43 square kilometres (2,355.4 sq mi).

Warsaw is an alpha global city

Global city

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, a major international tourist destination and an important economic hub in Central

Central Europe

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and Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe

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