City facts Mayor: Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (2006)
Province: Mazowieckie Province
Population: 1 706 624 (2008)
Urban Population: 3 370 000
Total municipal area: 517,24 square kilometres
Where: East Longitude 21°02' North Latitude 52°13’
Phone Area Code: +48-22xxxxxx
Airport: Fryderyk Chopin Airport (WAW)
Main Train Stations:
Central Warszawa Station (Warszawa Centralna)
Eastern Warszawa Station (Warszawa Wschodnia)
Western Warszawa Station (Warszawa Zachodnia)
Districts: Warszawa lies on two banks of Vistula (Wisła) river and is made up of 18 districts: Bemowo, Białołęka, Bielany, Mokotów, Ochota, Praga Południe, Praga Północ, Rembertów, Śródmieście, Targówek, Ursus, Ursynów, Wawer, Wesoła, Wilanów, Włochy, Wola, Żoliborz.
Climate: The climate is temperate, with warm summers (July temperatures average a high of 24°C/75°F and a low of 14°C/57°F) and cold winters (January temperatures average a high of 0°C/32°F and a low of -6°C/22°F). Snow is common in the winter and tends to linger.
Sister Cities: Astana (Kazakhstan), Berlin (Germany), Budapest (Hungary), Chicago (USA), Düsseldorf (Germany), Groznyj (Chechnya, Russian Federation), The Hague (Holland), Hamamatsu (Japan), Hanoi (North Vietnam), Harbin (China), Ile-de-France (France), Istanbul (Turkey), Kiev (Ukraine), Moscow (Russia), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Riga (Latvia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Seoul (North Korea), Taipei (China),
Tel-Aviv (Israel), Toronto (Canada), Vienna (Austria), Vilnius (Lithuania).
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