Warsaw

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Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland, known for its resilient history, especially its near-total destruction in World War II and subsequent postwar reconstruction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
becameCapitalOfPoland 1596
climate humid continental climate
continent Europe
country Poland
currency Polish złoty
foundingCentury 13th century
grantedCityRights 1323
hasAirport Warsaw Chopin Airport
Warsaw Modlin Airport
hasHistoricDistrict Warsaw self-linksurface differs
surface form: Warsaw Old Town
hasLandmark Palace of Culture and Science
Royal Castle in Warsaw
Wilanów Palace
Łazienki Park
hasPublicTransport Warsaw Metro
Warsaw Tram system
hasRiverBank left bank of Vistula
right bank of Vistula
hasUniversity University of Warsaw
Warsaw University of Technology
historicalRegion Masovian Voivodeship
surface form: Mazovia
hostedEvent Warsaw Uprising
surface form: Warsaw Uprising 1944
isAcademicCenterOf Poland
isCapitalOf Poland
isCulturalCenterOf Poland
isEconomicCenterOf Poland
isLargestCityOf Poland
isPoliticalCenterOf Poland
isSeatOf Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate)
President of Poland
knownFor Warsaw Uprising
surface form: Warsaw Uprising of 1944

postwar reconstruction
locatedIn Masovian Voivodeship
locatedOnRiver Vistula River
mayorTitle Mayor of Warsaw
officialLanguage Polish
partOf Central Europe
percentageDestroyedInWWIIApproximate 85%
populationApproximate 1.8 million
populationMetroApproximate 3.1 million
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
twinCity Berlin
Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Paris
vehicleRegistrationCode WA
Warsaw Old Town UNESCO World Heritage Site
wasHeavilyDestroyedIn World War II

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Solomon Asch placeOfBirth Warsaw
Sokół placeOfActivity Warsaw
NASK headquartersLocation Warsaw
General Czesław Kiszczak placeOfDeath Warsaw
subject surface form: Czesław Kiszczak
this entity surface form: Warsaw, Poland
General Czesław Kiszczak workLocation Warsaw
subject surface form: Czesław Kiszczak
Jacek Kuroń placeOfDeath Warsaw
Radom hasRailConnectionTo Warsaw
Holy League hasCapital Warsaw
subject surface form: Holy League (1684)
this entity surface form: Warsaw (for Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)
pre-war Polish 111th Fighter Escadrille (Kościuszko Squadron) garrison Warsaw
subject surface form: 111th Fighter Escadrille
Ashkenazi surnames exampleOfToponymicName Warsaw
this entity surface form: Warszawski