Gdańsk (Poland

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מחוז גדנסק (פולין : מחוז)
Name (Latin)
Gdańsk (Poland : Powiat)
Other forms of name
Powiat Gdański (Poland)
Coordinates
18.63333333 18.63333333 54.26666667 54.26666667 (gooearth )
Associated country
Poland
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 126733626
Wikidata: Q1165710
Library of congress: n 85129344
Sources of Information
  • BGN phone call, 8-29-85(Powiat Gdański, long form; Gdańsk, short form, 54°21ʹN, 18°40ʹE)
  • Bugalska, H. Toponimia byłych powiatów gdańskiego i tczewskiego, 1985:t.p. (powiatów gdańskiego)
  • BGN phone call, 8-29-85(Powiat Gdański, long form; Gdańsk, short form, 54p0s21ʹN, 18p0s40ʹE)

Wikipedia description:

Gdańsk County (Polish: powiat gdański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. It includes areas to the east and south of the city of Gdańsk, from which the county takes its name, although the city is not part of its territory. The county seat and only town in Gdańsk County is Pruszcz Gdański, which lies 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of central Gdańsk. The county covers an area of 793.17 square kilometres (306.2 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 117,452, out of which the population of Pruszcz Gdański is 31,135and the rural population is 86,317. Gdańsk County is bordered by the city of Gdańsk to the north, Nowy Dwór County to the east, Malbork County to the south-east, Tczew County and Starogard County to the south, and Kościerzyna County and Kartuzy County to the west.

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