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Kraków, Polonia
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Kraków

Kraków, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 816,614 (2025), with 1,428,363 people living in the Kraków metropolitan area. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish economic, academic, cultural, and artistic life. Its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the world's first sites granted the status.

Country
🇵🇱 Polonia
Elevation
0 m
Population
816,614
Time zone
Europe/Warsaw
Coordinates
50.06, 19.94

How far Kraków is from other cities in Polonia

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